Pediatric Neurology
Volume 32, Issue 3 , Pages 208-210, March 2005

Hemorrhagic stroke in a child with protein S and factor VII deficiencies

  • Katherine Lietz, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
    • ,
  • Stephanie E. Kuehling, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
    • ,
  • Joan B. Parkhurst, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCommunications should be addressed to:Dr. Parkhurst; Dept. of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology; Children’s Hospital; 940 NE Thirteenth Street (Rm 3308); Oklahoma City, OK 73104.

Received 4 March 2004; accepted 17 August 2004. published online 09 December 2004.

A 12-year-old previously healthy male, with a family history of protein S deficiency, presented with confusion, aphasia, and right upper extremity weakness after a 10-day febrile illness. Imaging studies revealed sinovenous thrombosis and left parietal hemorrhagic stroke. On further investigation he was found to have both protein S and factor VII deficiencies.

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PII: S0887-8994(04)00456-4

doi:10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2004.08.008

Pediatric Neurology
Volume 32, Issue 3 , Pages 208-210, March 2005

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