A Case of Cerebral Venous Thrombosis as the Presenting Sign of Occult Prostate Cancer

Autor:	Sang-Soo Lee, Shin Hye Baek, Dong-Ick Shin
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2009
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Case Report cerebral venous thrombosis medicine.disease Malignancy prostate cancer Occult Surgery Prostate cancer Venous thrombosis Text mining Neurology D-dimer medicine Neurology (clinical) Radiology business Sign (mathematics)
Zdroj:	Journal of Clinical Neurology (Seoul, Korea)
ISSN:	2005-5013 1738-6586
Popis:	Background Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) is a distinct disorder with highly variable symptoms and courses. Malignancy is known to be one of the predisposing factors of CVT. Case Report We present the case of a 69-year-old man with sudden behavioral changes. Brain MRI, magnetic resonance venography, and positive D-dimer assay confirmed the presence of CVT. The work-up for detecting the cause of the CVT revealed occult prostate cancer. Conclusions Occult malignancy including prostate cancer should be strongly suspected in older patients with idiopathic CVT.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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