Transient ischemic attack associated with acute cytomegalovirus infection

✍ Scribed by Sharon Amit; Avi Gadoth; Michael Giladi; Dan Justo

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 51 KB
• Volume: 84
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0146-6615
• DOI: 10.1002/jmv.23225

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Acute cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is associated with thromboembolism. However, cerebrovascular ischemic events have not been reported in relation to acute CMV infection. A patient with a transient ischemic attack and acute CMV infection is described. Transient appearance of anti‐phospholipid antibodies suggests a causal relationship between the two. Physicians should be alert to symptoms and signs of acute CMV infection in patients with idiopathic cerebrovascular ischemic events. J. Med. Virol. 84:487–489, 2012. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.