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Carotid artery dissections are the second leading cause of stroke in young adults. The hemostatic response to a dissection involves exposure of the subendothelium to the intravascular environment. Platelet activation/aggregation superimposed by secondary coagulation cascade activity attempts to heal the injury. Failure of the hemostatic response to heal the injury may lead to further rupture of the...
Oral contraceptive use and hyperhomocysteinemia are considered to be relatively weak risk factors for venous thromboembolism. We report a case of acute renal vein thrombosis, a rare and aggressive form of thromboembolism, that occurred in a 21-year-old woman taking oral contraceptives, who was subsequently found to have marked hyperhomocysteinemia. This case suggests that the oral contraceptive and...
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