Vertebral Artery Thrombosis in Chronic Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Table 1

Summary of published cases (ITP: idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura, HTN: hypertension, and APS: antiphospholipid syndrome).

Author of reported cases	Age of the patient	Gender	Site of infarction	Risk factors
Otsuki et al.	38	Female	Left temporal and parietal regions	APS and ITP
Gümüş and Yılmaz	55	Female	Left middle cerebral artery territory	ITP
Hashmi	57	Male	Right middle cerebral artery territory	ITP
Theeler and Ney	63	Male	Right occipital lobe infarction	ITP
Peña et al.	84	Male	Left thalamic infarction	ITP
Ichijo et al.	60	Female	Middle cerebral artery territory	ITP
Mahawish et al.	79	Male	Multiple focal ischemic lesions in both cerebral hemispheres	HTN and ITP
Nanri et al.	31	Male	Right occipital lobe and hippocampal gyrus	Migraine headaches and ITP