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Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis secondary to ChAdOx-1 nCov-19 vaccine
  1. Syed Noman Atta1,
  2. Nariman Othman2 and
  3. Munir Babar1
  1. 1Department of Endocrinology, Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, Redditch, UK
  2. 2Department of Acute Medicine, Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, Redditch, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Syed Noman Atta; s.atta1{at}nhs.net

Abstract

Thrombosis and thrombocytopaenia secondary to ChAdOx-1 nCov-19 vaccine is a new phenomenon that usually occurs after the first dose of vaccine. Most of these patients are healthy without any prior history of thromboembolic events or heparin use. Hall marks of this condition include detectable antibodies to platelet factor 4 and thrombosis at atypical sites particularly cerebral veins and sinuses mimicking atypical heparin induced thrombocytopaenia. We describe a case of a patient who was diagnosed with this rare condition and treated successfully.

  • COVID-19
  • vaccination/immunisation

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https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2021-246200

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    • Contributors SNA: submitting and corresponding author, guarantorDesign and research, writing draft, proof reading. NO: design and research, writing draft, proof reading. MB: design and research, writing draft, proof reading.

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