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CASE REPORT article
Front. Pediatr.
Sec. General Pediatrics and Pediatric Emergency Care
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fped.2025.1449323
¨Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis in the setting of iron deficiency anemia and a high level of lipoprotein (a) in a child. Case Report¨
Provisionally accepted- Bremen-Mitte Clinic, Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) is a rare but life-threatening condition among children. Several case reports have linked CVST formation to severe iron deficiency anemia (IDA). Iron deficiency anemia remains a public health problem, even in high-income countries.Among the thrombophilic factors accepted by some authors is an elevated lipoprotein(a). This is a case of a two-year-old girl with cerebral venous sinus thrombosis in the setting of IDA and high lipoprotein (a). These factors have been correlated with increased frequency in several clinical reports.Abbreviations CVST: cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, IDA: iron deficiency anemia, VTE: venous thromboembolism, CVT: cerebral venous thrombosis
Keywords: iron deficiency anemia, Lipoprotein (a), cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, Cerebral thrombosis, Thrombosis, case report, pediatric
Received: 14 Jun 2024; Accepted: 17 Feb 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Bustamante Rivera, Seebeck, Buehrlen and Overberg. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Yomara Yardén Bustamante Rivera, Bremen-Mitte Clinic, Bremen, 28205, Bremen, Germany
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