Cerebral venous thrombosis as presenting sign of myeloproliferative disorders.

Cerebral vein thrombosis and right foot ischemia in a 21-year-old man

“…Indeed, two patients described by Haan et al . [7] presented with cerebral vein thrombosis and were diagnosed with MPD based on histological findings. Spontaneous erythroid colonies from peripheral blood or marrow samples in erythropoietin‐poor media are considered a usual feature of PV, and can be detected before any overt manifestations of the disease occur [4–6,8].…”

Cerebral Venous Thrombosis

“…Thrombocytosis, 41 polycythemia vera, [42][43][44] paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, 45 and antiphospholipid antibody syndrome 46,47 have all been reported to cause dural sinus and cerebral venous occlusions. Some reported patients with dural sinus thrombosis have had severe anemia as the only predisposing cause.…”

Cerebral venous thrombosis: Pathogenesis, presentation and prognosis

“…Von Willebrand's disease 5,10 methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase mutation (677C?T) 39 Homocystinuria 40,41 Familial thrombophilia of unknown nature 42 Coagulopathies secondary to blood dyscrasia Thrombocythaemia 43 Primary polycythaemia 43,43 Paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria 45±47 Iron de®ciency anaemia 48 Sickle cell disease 49…”