OBJECTIVE Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) is a rare condition for which few clinical reviews have been conducted in Korea. Our aim was to investigate, risk factors, clinical presentations/courses, and outcomes of 22 patients treated for CVT at two centers. MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective analysis was conducted, selecting 22 patients diagnosed with and treated for CVT at two patient car...

We report here on a case of congenital Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome with vascular abnormalities in the central nervous system. A 15-year-old male patient was hospitalized for headache. The neurological examination revealed that the patient was physiognomically sluggish and unresponsive. A general examination found that the right upper arm and the left lower leg of the patient displayed hemihyperp...

Neurological symptoms are rare manifestations of Behcet's disease. In this paper, we report cerebral venous thrombosis as the initial presentation of Behcet's disease in a 40 yearold man. Our patient presented with a six-week history of headache, progressive loss of vision in the right eye and recurrent oral ulcers. Physical examination revealed oral ulcers and posterior synechia in the right e...

We report a 20-year-old woman with sickle cell disease (SCD) who presented with a severe pulsating headache, nausea, and vomiting. Her history was significant for a past thrombotic event during which she had not used anticoagulation therapy as prescribed. Her mental status was mildly confused. On funduscopic examination, papilledema and retinal hemorrhages were found. Results of a computed tomo...

Skull base osteomyelitis (SBO) is difficult to diagnose when a patient presents with multiple cranial nerve palsies but no obvious infectious focus. There is no report about SBO with septic pulmonary embolism. A 51-yr-old man presented to our hospital with headache, hoarseness, dysphagia, frequent choking, fever, cough, and sputum production. He was diagnosed of having masked mastoiditis compli...

We report two cases of cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) which serial arterial spin labeling (ASL) was useful in evaluating the clinical course of the disease. A 48-year-old female presented with acute seizure, and was diagnosed as transverse-sigmoid sinus thrombosis. ASL imaging revealed low signal intensity in the right temporal lobe, suggesting the decreased perfusion by elevated venous press...

The posterior condylar canal is located posterior to the occipital condyle and transmits the posterior condylar vein, one of the largest emissary veins in the retromastoid region.[1,6] This vein usually origins from superior bulb of the internal jugular vein or less frequently from the medial side of the distal portion of the sigmoid sinus and connect to the suboccipital venous plexus.[5,9] We ...