Venous sinus thrombosis due to inherited anti-thrombin lll deficiency in a neonate and review of the literature

ABSTRACT

Venous sinus thrombosis in the neonate is possibly an under recognized condition which presents most commonly with seizures The condition is idiopathic in the majority of reported cases however hypercoagulable states have to be looked for in the absence of obvious precipitating causes We report a newborn baby who had venous sinus thrombosis due to inherited antithrombin III deficiency and the relevant literature is reviewed. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of venous sinus thrombosis due to antithrombin III deficiency in the United Arab Emirates