Prophylactic lumboperitoneal shunt in cases of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis with papilledema
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Cerebral Venous-Sinus Thrombosis: A Case Series Analysis
Background: Cerebral venous-sinus thrombosis is an uncommon form but important cause of stroke, especially in young-aged women. Methods: We performed a retrospective descriptive-analytical study in which 124 patients with cerebral venous-sinus thrombosis, who referred to Nemazee Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences from January 2000 to March 2008, were included, and their dem...
متن کاملCerebral venous sinus thrombosis.
c erebral venous sinus thrombosis is an uncommon condition, which over the past 10 years has been diagnosed more frequently due to greater awareness and the availability of better non-invasive diagnostic techniques. Because of the generally good prognosis and variable clinical signs, many cases remain clinically undetected but some patients suffer complications and die. CVST is slightly more co...
متن کاملCerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis
From time immemorial, cerebral thrombosis used to be synonymous with arterial thrombosis. But, cerebral venous thrombosis was not uncommon but neurologists and pathologists were not properly oriented regarding cerebral venous thrombosis(CVT) specially because the anatomical knowledge were not updated and nobody actually believed that thrombosis can occur in low velocity capacitance vessels as o...
متن کاملCerebral venous sinus thrombosis.
Cerebral venous thrombosis is a rare serious neurological disorder that may cause vital or morbid consequences if not diagnosed and treated promptly. It is a unique cerebrovascular disorder that predominantly affects adults in their third and fourth decades. The incidence of CVST in adults is estimated to be 4 cases per million of the population, and 7 cases per million in children. In the last...
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PURPOSE A case of bilateral papilledema secondary to cerebral venous sinus thrombosis treated with Rituximab, an anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody. METHODS A 23 year old obese female with a one week history of blurred vision, headaches and vomiting presented with bilateral papilledema. Her BCVA was 20/50 in right eye and 20/200 in the left eye with severe reduction of visual fields. Laboratory in...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Surgery Journal
سال: 2021
ISSN: 2349-2902,2349-3305
DOI: 10.18203/2349-2902.isj20212715