how to cite this article: eslamiyeh h, ashrafzadeh f, akhondian j, beiraghi toosi m. homocystinuria: a rare disorder presenting as cerebral sinovenous thrombosis. iran j child neurol. spring 2015;9(2):53-57. abstract objective homocystinuria is an inborn error of amino acid metabolism caused by cystathionine beta-synthase deficiency that affects methionine metabolism. the clinical features are ...

background: we report a case series of cerebral vein thrombosis (cvt) in women who used oral contraceptive pill (ocp) in the muslims ramadan and fasting month. methods: this study was a retrospective case series of 9 patients with diagnosis of cvt, who admitted in the neurology ward of tohid hospital of sanandaj, iran, in july-august 2014-2015. results: patients had no history of thrombosis bef...

background deep venous thrombosis (dvt) is a major risk of morbidity and mortality in morbid obese patients underwent bariatric surgery. there are some controversies in different kind of prophylactic strategies for dvt in laparoscopic bariatric surgeries. unfractionated heparin (ufh) is an available and reversible anticoagulant used for dvt prophylaxis. objectives this study aimed to compare cl...

duplication of inferior vena cava (ivc) is a rare fi nding in radiologic studies and its coincidence with thrombosis is even rarer. here we described a rare case with duplication of ivc and symptomatic venous thrombosis of her lower extrimity.

cerebral sinovenous thrombosis (csvt) is increasingly diagnosed in neonates. despite many studies which have addressed diagnosis and management of pediatric csvt, diagnosis of cvsd in neonates is difficult. a female neonate born by natural vaginal delivery was diagnosed with csvt after initiation of seizure. the seizure was stabilized and after performing diagnostic tests, the diagnosis of csvt...

postoperative portal vein thrombosis is a rare complication which occurs most often after hepatobiliary surgery.to date, few cases following laparoscopic cho lecystectomy have been reported. in this paper we present a case of portal vein thrombosis diagnosed with abdominal ct scan on the seventh day following laparoscopic cholecystectomy.the patient was administered therapeutic intravenous hepa...

background: platelet mps are produced automatically during platelet storage. their size is about 0.1 – 1 µm and have ability for sub- endothelium adhering, strengthen of platelet aggregation and also platelet pre- coagulation. in fact, the release of membrane particles helps to signal to the neighbor cells or to seclude target cells from apoptosis. the purpose of this study is to determine the ...

background: brucellosis can involve almost any organ system and may present with a broad spectrum of clinical presentations. in this study we present a case of deep vein thrombosis due to human brucellosis. case presentation: a 15 year old boy presented acute pain and swelling in his left thigh. when admitted to the hospital in june 2011, he complained of fever, chills and lowers extremity pain...

the effect of care plan based on nutrition and exercise on deep vein thrombosis in patients undergoing lower limb orthopedic surgery in urmia imam khomeini hospital in 1391.     habibzadeh h [1] , rezaeipour n [2] *,khalkhali hr [3] , safari mb [4] , mohammadi a [5]     received: 2 jul , 2013 accepted: 14 sep , 2013    abstract   background & aims : venous thrombosis is a major cause of death i...