DEFICIENCY OF PROTEIN S AND FACTOR V PRESENTING AS ISCHEMIC STROKE IN A 14 YEARS OLD BOY

Authors

  • Subhashish Deb Burdwan Medical College, Burdwan, West Bengal, India
  • Agnibha Dutta Burdwan Medical College, Burdwan, West Bengal, India
  • Ashish Dudhe Burdwan Medical College, Burdwan, West Bengal, India
  • Somnath Dasgupta Burdwan Medical College, Burdwan, West Bengal, India
  • Amit Sarkar Burdwan Medical College, Burdwan, West Bengal, India

Keywords:

Ischemic Stroke, Stroke in young, Thrombophilia

Abstract

A 14 year old nondiabetic, nonhypertensive boy was admittedwith left sided hemiparesis. He has been diagnosed with ischemic stroke due to combined deficiency of protein S and factor V.Inherited thrombophiliadue to deficiencies of natural anticoagulants (antithrombin, protein C and protein S) and activated protein C resistance (APC-R) are more commonly associated with venous rather than arterial thrombosis. While deficiency of factor V leads to heamorrhage, some mutations like factor V Leiden predispose for thrombosis .Combined deficiency of both protein C and factor V leading to arterial thrombo-embolism causing ischemic stroke is a rarer event.

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Published

2015-09-30

How to Cite

Deb, S. ., Dutta, A. ., Dudhe, A. ., Dasgupta, S. ., & Sarkar, A. . (2015). DEFICIENCY OF PROTEIN S AND FACTOR V PRESENTING AS ISCHEMIC STROKE IN A 14 YEARS OLD BOY. National Journal of Medical Research, 5(03), 265–267. Retrieved from https://njmr.in/index.php/file/article/view/420

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Case Report