Anticoagulation complications in a patient with prior cerebral venous thrombosis

Abstract

Cerebral venous thrombosis is a rare form of stroke treated with anticoagulant compounds both in the acute phase as well as in long term. We present the case of a 56-year-old female that suffered two different forms of stroke in 2 years.

Keywords

• cerebral venous thrombosis
• intracerebral hemorrhage
• vitamin k antagonists
• hereditary thrombophilia
• malignancy