Case report reveals recurrent ischemic stroke in a pediatric patient with compound thrombophilia mutations, indicating that multiple prothrombotic genetic defects drive childhood arterial infarction.
Recurrent multiple symptomatic strokes are infrequent in paediatric population.The causes for such events are usually cardiac, multiple inherited thrombophilia; such as Protein C, Protein S, Antithrombin III, and Antiphospholipid Syndrome, and other causes.We report a case of Saudi Girl who presented in December 12, 2017 with right sided Hemiparesis.Central Nervous System (CNS) imaging revealed left sided ischemic infarction.Investigations showed that in fact she has multiple inherited thrombophilia risk factors.She was found to have homozygous mutations in Prothrombin Gene Complex FII (G20210A), a mutation in the gene encoding Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1.Heterozygous mutations in 2 Methylene Tetrahydrofolate Reductase (MTHFR): c.677C>T and c.1298A > c.She was also found to have high Lipoprotein A levels (656 mg/L) which is also a known risk factor for arterial ischemia specifically.We concluded that having multiple inherited Thrombophilia mutations can result in increased risk of severe and symptomatic Ischemic infarctions in children.
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