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  • Title: Isolated cortical vein thrombosis associated with prothrombin gene mutation.
    Author: Giraldo EA, Arora R, Koenigsberg RA.
    Journal: J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis; 2014 Apr; 23(4):791-3. PubMed ID: 23834854.
    Abstract:
    Isolated cortical vein thrombosis (ICVT) accounts for less than 1% of strokes. We report a 47-year-old female patient who had a frontal hemorrhage with headache associated with contralateral hemiparesis and hemisensory deficit on presentation. This hemorrhagic stroke was localized in a nonarterial territory, and it was caused by ipsilateral and isolated thrombosis of the vein of Labbe found on catheter angiogram that demonstrated a filling defect of the vein of Labbe at its connection with the transverse sinus. There were no filling defects in the superficial middle cerebral veins. Our patient had a family history of cardiovascular disease, stroke, and factor V Leiden mutation and cigarette smoking as stroke risk factors. Complete prothrombotic state laboratory workup revealed a heterozygous prothrombin G20210 A gene mutation. The patient's hospital course was uneventful. Neurologic exam was normal at stroke clinic follow-up 6 weeks later. To our knowledge, this is the first report of an ICVT associated with prothrombin gene mutation.
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