Myelodysplastic syndrome and sagittal sinus thrombosis.

J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis

Department of Neurology, Hartford Hospital, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Hartford, CT, USA.

Published: December 2009

After a 5-day illness beginning with severe headache, a 46-year-old man with myelodysplastic syndrome died of complications from cerebral venous thrombosis. Considering the underlying hematologic abnormality, multiple therapies, and potential for leukemic transformation, we suggest that patients with myelodysplastic syndrome may be at increased risk for developing cerebral venous thrombosis.

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