Table 2.
Cases | Current case | Case A | Case B |
Complete blood picture | Haemoglobin: 11.6 gm/dL Total Leukocyte Count: 13 600/mm3 Neutrophils: 10 200/mm3 Lymphocytes: 2312/mm3 Monocytes: 924/mm3 Platelets: 285 000/mm3 Neutrophil/Lymphocyte Ratio: 4.4 |
Haemoglobin: 14.3 gm/dL Total Leukocyte Count: 16 710/mm3 Neutrophils: 14 280/mm3 Lymphocytes: 490/mm3 Monocytes: 1690/mm3 Platelets: 141 000/mm3 Neutrophil/Lymphocyte Ratio: 29.14 |
Haemoglobin: 14.9 gm/dL Total Leukocyte Count: 8000/mm3 Lymphocytes: 560/mm3 Platelets: 140 000/mm3 Estimated Neutrophil/Lymphocyte Ratio: 10.5–12.3 |
Coagulation profile | Prothrombin Time: 10.9 s APTT: 20.1 s International normalized ratio: 1.0 |
PT: 22.5 s APTT: 30.6 s International normalized ratio: 1.9 |
Not available |
Inflammatory markers | C-reactive Protein: 9.95 mg/L Lactate Dehydrogenase: 265 U/L Ferritin: 9.8 ng/mL Procalcitonin: 0.037 ng/mL Fibirin degradation product: >5.0 µg/mL D-dimer: 6.3 ng/mL |
Fibrinogen levels: 121 D-dimer: >55 000 |
C-reactive Protein: 40 mg/L Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate: 12 mm/hour Lactate Dehydrogenase: 751 U/L Ferritin: 144 ng/mL D-dimer: >10 000 ng/mL |
Liver profile | Aspartate transaminase (AST): 21 U/L Alanine transaminase (ALT): 29 U/L |
AST: 31 U/L ALT: 27 U/L |
Normal |
CSF D/R | Total Leukocyte Count: 3 (103 /UL) Protein: 45 mg/dL Glucose: 79 mg/dL |
Not Available | Not available |
Baseline parenchymal lesion | Haemorrhagic infarct | None (cerebral oedema only) | Haemorrhagic infarct |
MR venography findings | Torcula Herophili, superior sagittal sinus, left transverse sinus and left sigmoid sinus | Multiple cortical veins, straight sinus, distal superior sagittal sinus, torcular and right transverse sinus | Multiple cortical veins, superior sagittal, transverse and sigmoid sinuses |
Thrombophilic workup | Low protein C levels | Not available | Raised lupus anticoagulant and raised antiphospholipid IgM antibody |
CSF, cerebrospinal fluid.