Infant with protein C deficiency and stroke in the setting of iron deficiency anemia

Tahseen Jalal Karim; Dustin J Paul; Regina M Troxell; Rajan Patel; Ian J Butler

doi:10.1002/ccr3.2271

Infant with protein C deficiency and stroke in the setting of iron deficiency anemia

Clin Case Rep. 2019 Jul 23;7(9):1655-1659. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.2271. eCollection 2019 Sep.

Authors

Tahseen Jalal Karim¹, Dustin J Paul¹, Regina M Troxell¹, Rajan Patel¹, Ian J Butler¹

Affiliation

¹ McGovern Medical School Houston Texas.

Abstract

We report an 18-month-old infant with ischemic stroke, neurocognitive impairment, and psychomotor retardation in the setting of severe iron deficiency anemia. Although an uncommon outcome in anemic children, stroke is important to consider as a cause for developmental delay in children with iron deficiency anemia.

Keywords: iron deficiency; pediatrics; protein C deficiency; stroke.

Publication types

Case Reports