2017
DOI: 10.1155/2017/1684631
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A Rare Case of Stroke Secondary to Iron Deficiency Anemia in a Young Female Patient

Abstract: Ischemic strokes occur when there is a sudden obstruction of an artery supplying blood flow to an area of the brain, leading to a focal neurological deficit. Strokes can be thrombotic or embolic in etiology and are associated with underlying conditions such as hypertension and atherosclerosis. Possible etiologies of strokes include cardioembolic disease, hematologic disorders, connective tissue disorders, and substance abuse or can be cryptogenic. Most stroke cases are seen in patients over 65 years of age. Ho… Show more

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“…The literature describes very few case reports of patients who have experienced ischemic infarctions solely as a result of anemia. Of those, Gopalratnam et al detail a 20-year-old female with a history of menorrhagia and syncope showing ischemic infarctions on imaging and an acute presentation of left-sided weakness [1]. Unlike the patient we present here, laboratory tests in that case revealed an elevated platelet count of 564,000/ µL.…”
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“…The literature describes very few case reports of patients who have experienced ischemic infarctions solely as a result of anemia. Of those, Gopalratnam et al detail a 20-year-old female with a history of menorrhagia and syncope showing ischemic infarctions on imaging and an acute presentation of left-sided weakness [1]. Unlike the patient we present here, laboratory tests in that case revealed an elevated platelet count of 564,000/ µL.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 53%
“…Both cases had normal platelet counts of 260,000/μL and 429,000/μL. The last case detailed in the literature describes a 47-year-old woman, also with a history of menorrhagia, who exhibited mild dysarthria, upper extremity weakness, and thrombocytosis with a platelet count of 512,000/μL [1]. There also exists in the literature five reported cases of severe anemia causing a thrombus formation [2,5].…”
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“…Recently, anemia was proven to be an independent risk factor for several systemic diseases, including cardiovascular diseases, cerebrovascular accidents and neurodegenerative diseases [ 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 ]. Regarding reproductive-aged women, who are less likely to have stroke due to the possible protection provided by estrogen, iron-deficiency anemia (IDA) has been previously reported to be associated with stroke [ 17 , 18 , 19 ]; however, there is a lack of strong evidence regarding the association between these two conditions obtained from large-scale cohorts or population-based study.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…If left untreated,IDA has been associated with risks of delivering premature babies with low birth weights in pregnant subjects [14]. Healthy subjects have also been shown to develop other medical complications arising from IDA, some of which are common place, such as lethargy and chest pains [15], while others may be life-threatening, such as stroke [16][17][18]. Despite having been studied in many cases with pregnant female and not normal female subjects, there exist only a handful of parameters which involve serum ferritin coupled with hemoglobin (Hb) levels as a standard to distinguish LID from IDA.…”
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confidence: 99%