BACKGROUND Thrombus formation in the pulmonary vein stump after pulmonary resection has recently been identified as a cause of systemic thrombosis including brain infarction. However, there is limited research focusing on the clinical course of pulmonary vein stump thrombus, and optimal treatment and prevention strategies of this important complication have not been established. CASE PRESENTA...

The modulation of serotonin (5-HT(1B/1D)) receptor-induced vascular contractility by histamine and U-46619 was compared in the rabbit basilar artery and saphenous vein. In the saphenous vein, histamine (5 x 10(-7) M) significantly increased the potency (from pEC(50) of 6.0 to 6.8) and efficacy (from 52.3% to 88.2%) of sumatriptan. Likewise, U-46619 (5 x 10(-9) M) also increased the potency (fro...

Cerebral air embolism is a rare but fatal complication of central venous catheterization. Here, we report a case of paradoxical cerebral air embolism associated with central venous catheterization. An 85-yr-old man underwent right internal jugular vein catheterization, and became obtunded. Brain MR imaging and CT revealed acute infarction with multiple air bubbles on the side of catheter insert...

This paper considers abnormalities of flow patterns in the flow patterns in the cervical vasculature due to varying degrees of jugular venous reflux, and their influence on cerebral bloodflow studies. Two commonly encountered patterns are described. In the first group, the abnormal flow study resulted from reflux of the activity in the left internal jugular vein. In the second group, the observ...

Developmental venous anomalies (DVA) are congenital variants of cerebral veins, found incidentally at autopsy in 2.6% of the population, which are most often asymptomatic. Symptomatic compression of a cranial nerve by the collecting vein of a DVA is extremely rare, such as tinnitus from compression of the vestibulocochlear nerve. A 51-year-old man presented with 1 week of intermittent vertigo a...

BACKGROUND Computed tomography is performed in suspicious cases of cerebral venous thrombosis. Although an empty delta sign is not uncommonly reported, a cord sign is rarely reported. But this is, if present, pathognomonic, especially in the case of cortical vein thrombosis. CASE DESCRIPTION A young man with antithrombin III deficiency sought emergency treatment for headache and seizure. Nonc...

Patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty frequently develop post-operative complication, such as deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary thromboembolism. However, it is not common coexisting deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary thromboembolisms, right atrial thrombus and acute cerebral infarction raised by thrombus through patent foramen ovale. We reported the patient who had multiple thrombi which w...

The brains from 14 adult common tree shrews (Tupaia glis) of both sexes were used for the study of hypothalamic blood supply. It is found that the hypothalamus is supplied by branches of arteries that form the circle of Willis. The preoptic region of the anterior hypothalamus is supplied by branches of anterior cerebral and anterior communicating arteries, while branches of the ophthalmic, ante...