Alexia without agraphia following cerebral venous thrombosis associated with protein C and protein S deficiency.

Abstract

A 26-year-old right handed female was admitted to hospital with right homonymous hemianopia associated with alexia without agraphia. Her cranial magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance angiography revealed a left occipital venous infarction due to thrombosis of the left transverse, sigmoid sinuses and the left internal jugulary vein. The underlying conditions were protein C and protein S deficiency associated with the use of oral contraceptives. To our knowledge, alexia without agraphia has never been described due to a venous infarction associated with hereditary thrombophilia in the literature.

• Authors: Nese Celebisoy, Ayse Sagduyu, Ceyla Atac
• Journal: Clinical neurology and neurosurgery (Clin Neurol Neurosurg) Vol. 108 Issue 1 Pg. 52-5 (Dec 2005) ISSN: 0303-8467 [Print] Netherlands
• PMID: 16311147 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adult
• Alexia, Pure (etiology)
• Female
• Humans
• Intracranial Thrombosis (complications, diagnosis, therapy)
• Protein C Deficiency (complications, diagnosis, therapy)
• Protein S Deficiency (complications, diagnosis, therapy)
• Venous Thrombosis (complications, diagnosis, therapy)