scholarly journals Caso clínico: Acidente Vascular Cerebral Isquêmico em lobo frontal à esquerda associado a anemia ferropriva idiopática / Clinical case: Ischemic Stroke in The Left frontal lobe associated with idiopathic iron deficiency anemia

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. 118067-118071
Author(s):  
Gabriela Roriz De Deus ◽  
Flávia Borges Carapina Santos ◽  
Carla Soares Alves ◽  
Claudia Soares Alves ◽  
Jordanna de Paula Felipe Mendes ◽  
...  
2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (11) ◽  
pp. 3004-3006
Author(s):  
Rabia Rathore ◽  
Nasir Farooq Butt ◽  
Adil Iqbal ◽  
Hina Latif ◽  
Mariam Azeem ◽  
...  

Aim: To study the relationship of Iron Deficiency anemia (IDA) with severity of acute ischemic stroke. Study Design: A cross-sectional descriptive study. Place & Duration of Study: Department of Medicine, Mayo Hospital, Lahore from March 2020 to February 2021 Methods: A descriptive study of cross-sectional type was done on 200 individuals who had acute ischemic stroke (AIS) and were hospitalized at Mayo Hospital Lahore. Consecutive non-probability convenience sampling method was used to gather the data. Severity of stroke was assessed at the time of admission using the National Institute of Health Stroke Scale, (NIHSS) at the same time blood complete examination along with peripheral blood film was done to diagnose anemia in these patients. Iron studies were done to diagnose iron deficiency anemia (IDA). P-value less than 0.05 was taken as significant. Results: About 200individuals presenting with AIS were enrolled in the research work. Anemia according to World Health Organization was seen in 80(40%) and was not present in 120(60%) patients. Among the subjects who had anemia, 16(20%) had a minor AIS, 23(28.75%) had a moderately severe AIS, and 41(51.25%) reported with a severe AIS, according to NIHSS criteria. A notable relationship was found to exist between anemia and stroke severity, (P-value 0.000). Conclusion: Anemia was a commonly found in individuals with acute stroke due to ischemia and had direct relation with severity of stroke. Keywords: Iron deficiency Anemia, severity, ischemic stroke.


Stroke ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 52 (Suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Karan Topiwala ◽  
Smit Patel ◽  
Mubashir Pervez ◽  
Claire Shovlin ◽  
Mark J Alberts

Introduction: Pulmonary-arteriovenous-fistulas (PAVFs) are pathologic right-to-left shunts resulting in paradoxical embolism causing acute-ischemic-stroke (AIS). Recent single-center studies have identified that in patients with AIS associated with PAVF (AIS-P), traditional stroke risk-factors are not prominent and instead stroke-risk is associated with low serum iron. Single-centre studies have the risk of introducing a selection bias, while multicentre trials are challenging since PAVF still remains a rare and under-recognised entity. We thus seek epidemiological validation of such stroke predictors in patients with PAVF. Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of all AIS-admissions within the Nationwide-Inpatient-Sample (NIS) database (2005-2014). Baseline characteristics were compared across AIS populations [AIS-P (with PAVF) and R(routine)-AIS (without PAVF)]. We also compared morbidity, mortality and management trends of AIS in patients with and without PAVF. Results: Of 4,271,910 patients admitted with AIS, 822 (0.02%) were diagnosed with a PAVF. Over this decade the prevalence of PAVF per million AIS-admissions, rose from 197 to 368 (P trend =0.026). Patients with PAVF were younger with a median age (IQR) of 57.5 (42.2 -70.4) years vs. 72.5 (60.8-82.1) years (p<0.001); but had comparable age-adjusted inpatient morbidity (χ 2 p=0.71) and all-cause mortality (χ 2 p=0.26). On multivariate analyses, the odds ratios (95% confidence-interval) favouring PAVF as the cause for AIS were 9.0 (6.79-11.94) for hypoxemia, 4.64 (3.84-5.60) for patent-foramen-ovale, 4.52 (3.42-5.97) for pulmonary hypertension, 4.07(2.23-7.44) for epistaxis, and 2.12 (1.60-2.82) for iron deficiency anaemia [all p-values <0.001]. Conclusion: Pulmonary-arteriovenous-fistula related AIS represents a significantly younger demographic, which suffers inpatient morbidity and mortality comparable to routine ischemic-stroke. They carry a unique set of stroke-risk markers, including treatable conditions such as iron deficiency anemia. Further studies are needed to examine a causal role for such markers on ischemic-stroke risk in this cohort.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiang-qiong Ke ◽  
Huicong Huang ◽  
Guangyao Zhou ◽  
Yan Li ◽  
Shengmin Shao ◽  
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Abstract Background: Hookworm disease discovered in a patient presenting with cerebral infarction due to severe iron-deficiency anemia and confirmed by gastroduodenoscopy has not been reported especially with negative stool routine. Case presentation: We report a male patient who presented himself to us with acute cerebral stroke verified as hookworm disease. Routine laboratory tests revealed low Hemoglobin (Hb) concentration but stool routine and occult blood test were normal. Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed left-sided parietal-occipital lobe and centrum semiovale (“watershed”) infarction verified the diagnosis of acute ischemic stroke. Bone marrow aspiration showed proliferative bone marrow image with obvious red system hyperplasia. Gastroduodenoscopy discovered adult hematophagic hookworms in the bulb and descending part of duodenum of the patient. A series of conservative drug treatment was initiated and the patient was subsequently treated with albendazole after the gastroduodenoscopy. Twenty-five days later, the patient's physical function improved gradually and he was discharged without neurological deficit. Conclusion: Hookworm disease could be manifest in acute ischemic stroke. It was concluded that patients with severe iron-deficiency anemia should also be examined for rare intestinal parasitic diseases. Screening for these intestinal parasitic diseases in patients presenting with cerebral infarction and anemia could effectively avoid misdiagnosis and make increase the efficacy of treatment.


2021 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 320-320
Author(s):  
Yezan Abderrahman ◽  
Niranjan Vijayakumar ◽  
Aditya Badheka ◽  
Madhuradhar Chegondi

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Preema J. Mehta ◽  
Sherita Chapman ◽  
Annapurni Jayam-Trouth ◽  
Mohankumar Kurukumbi

A rare case of acute ischemic stroke in a young patient with iron deficiency anemia (IDA) is reported. IDA has been suggested to have an association with stroke, but few cases have proven it thus far. Three physiological mechanisms explaining IDA to ischemic stroke include a hypercoagulable state secondary to IDA, thrombocytosis secondary to IDA, and anemic hypoxia induced by IDA. Our paper shows an example of a hypoxia-induced stroke secondary to IDA in a young woman with menorrhagia. Thrombus formation was ruled out as the Magnetic Resonance Angiogram (MRA) showed no evidence. As all other known causes for stroke were ruled out, the patient's IDA is a reasonable cause for her stroke. Iron deficiency decreases the amount of hemoglobin, which consequently decreases the amount of oxygen in the blood resulting in low-oxygen delivery to the brain. This causes hypoxic conditions in the brain, leading to death of brain tissue. Thus, we suggest a possible relationship between IDA and ischemic stroke in young adults. Considering IDA as one of the risk factors for ischemic stroke and treating with timely transfusions would be an important step one can take to prevent stroke.


2012 ◽  
Vol 60 (5) ◽  
pp. S156
Author(s):  
C. Mendonça ◽  
S. Henriques ◽  
M.A. Silva ◽  
M. Marques ◽  
A. Trigueiros ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (6) ◽  
pp. 134-139
Author(s):  
A. V. Belkovets ◽  
N. V. Ozhiganova

The article presents a clinical case of a 38-year-old patient with revealed polyps of the stomach body and iron deficiency anemia on the background of chronic atrophic gastritis. On the example of this observation, variants of the course were demonstrated, including endoscopic and histological manifestations of autoimmune (atrophic corpus) gastritis (AIG). In parallel, the issues of diagnosis and management of patients with the most common polyps in the stomach are discussed. The problem of timely diagnosis of AIG and the advantages of non-invasive methods for assessing the functional state of the stomach is also being actualized.


PLoS ONE ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. e82952 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yen-Liang Chang ◽  
Shih-Han Hung ◽  
Wells Ling ◽  
Herng-Ching Lin ◽  
Hsien-Chang Li ◽  
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Cureus ◽  
2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rose Fluss ◽  
Liridon Zguri ◽  
Ralph Rahme ◽  
Ilmana Fulger

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