acenocoumarol and Epilepsies--Partial

Topics: Acenocoumarol; Adult; Anticoagulants; Cerebral Angiography; Cerebral Infarction; Epilepsies, Partial; Fatal Outcome; Genetic Predisposition to Disease; Headache; Heparin; Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight; Humans; Hydrocephalus; Male; Recurrence; Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial; Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt

This case report concerns a child admitted to the County Hospital of Zalaegerszeg with the symptoms of ataxia, focal convulsions and hemiparesis. Anticonvulsive therapy abolished the epileptic manifestations, but hemiparesis remained unchanged. At the age of six and half years progressive venous thrombosis developed first on the left and some days later on the right lower limb. Phlebography revealed on both sides thrombosis of the vena iliaca which led to stenosis of the right femoral vein and dilated venous collaterals on the abdomen and right thigh. Coeliacography showed an enlarged spleen and varicosity around the portal vein. Later thrombosis of the arteria dorsalis pedis developed indicated by the gangrene the fifth toe. At this stage the child was transfered to the Pediatric Department of the University of Pécs for further evaluation. Examination of the hemostasis showed hypercoagulability due to antithrombin III deficiency pointing towards a common cause, namely thromboembolism of the earlier and recent clinical manifestations. A reduced activity of the antithrombin III was also observed in the mother and two sisters of the child. The response to Syncumar therapy was beneficial, arterial thrombosis regressed and no further thromboembolic complications developed.

Topics: Acenocoumarol; Antithrombin III Deficiency; Ataxia; Blood Coagulation Disorders; Child; Epilepsies, Partial; Female; Hemiplegia; Humans; Radiography; Roma; Thrombophlebitis; Thrombosis