Cerebral venous thrombosis as a rare thromboembolic complication of celiac disease: a case report

European Heart Journal. Case Reports
Maha BouzianeRachida Habbal

Abstract

Celiac disease is a digestive inflammatory syndrome with several complications. It is associated with coagulation and platelets abnormalities leading to thromboembolic events. Cerebral venous thrombosis is an exceptional localization of thrombosis in celiac disease and could be life-threatening. A 17-year-old female patient with history of celiac disease and not following a gluten-free diet, checked in to the emergency department for a sudden, 2-week-old, and deteriorating, onset of intense headache and muscle weakness. The cerebral computed tomography-scan showed bilateral fronto-parietal hypodensity with micro-bleeds. We investigated using a cerebral magnetic resonance imaging that revealed superior longitudinal sinus thrombosis and right transverse and sigmoid sinuses thrombosis, along with right haematoma and ischaemic areas. The patient was prescribed anticoagulation therapy. Follow-ups over a 2-year period confirmed a favourable outcome and a complete regression of symptoms. Evolution of celiac disease could be associated with several complications. Eighty-five percent of patients is potentially exposed to thromboembolic events due to the hypercoagulability state of the disease and different coagulation and fibrinolysis a...Continue Reading

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