INTRODUCTION Dural sinus thrombosis following minor head injury is rare. We report such a case in a child after mild head injury. CLINICAL PICTURE A 4-year-old child presented with giddiness and vomiting after a fall. Clinical examination was unremarkable. Magnetic resonance venogram revealed thrombosis of the right sigmoid and transverse sinuses. TREATMENT The patient was managed conservat...

Introduction Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST), although a common diagnosis, is missed frequently by both general practitioners and neurologists. The most common presenting complaints are headache with focal neurological symptoms such as weakness, numbness, and aphasia. CVST has a female predominance of 3:1. A risk factor usually is able to be determined, most common of which is oral cont...

BACKGROUND Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis is a rare and potentially life-threatening neurologic manifestation of antiphospholipid syndrome. Oral contraceptive pills (OCP) may increase the risk of vascular events, even in people without family history of venous thrombosis. CASE PRESENTATION A 31-year-old woman with four weeks of constant headache and history of taking OCP for one year has be...

Abstract Background Isolated sphenoid sinus disease (ISSD) is a rare, often misdiagnosed condition of the paranasal sinus. If left untreated, it can lead to complications involving pituitary gland, cavernous sinus, neurologic, and vascular structures nearby. Case report We present case 60-year-old female with history severe left-sided headache, facial pain, diplopia, lateral rectus palsy. She w...

The purpose of this study was to review our experience with a single case of mastoiditis associated with sigmoid sinus thrombosis and increased intracranial pressure, and to review the experience of others through prior publications. We reviewed a case of a 6-year-old boy with an acute otitis media and mastoiditis, with associated ipsilateral sigmoid sinus and contralateral distal transverse si...

BACKGROUND Cerebral dural sinus thrombosis is a rare clinical entity. Symptoms may be vague, and left untreated thrombus progression may be fatal because of venous congestion and infarction. METHODS We report a case of post-traumatic dural sinus thrombosis treated with selective transfemoral, transvenous catheterization and infusion of urokinase. RESULTS Urokinase infusion into the dural ve...

Bilateral thalamic dysfunction secondary to venous congestion may result from either venous sinus thrombosis or high flow arteriovenous malformations or a combination of both. We present a case of bilateral thalamic edema resulting from concomitant choroid plexus arteriovenous malformation (AVM) and straight sinus thrombosis and describe our treatment approach. The patient presented with severa...

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introduction: extreme altitude travel has gained popularity globally for adventurous, scientific, and military endeavors. cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (cvst) at extreme altitude is a rare, covert, and emergent condition requiring immediate intervention. case presentation: a case of cvst masqueraded as high altitude cerebral edema (hace) at 6700 m/22000 ft in karakoram himalayas. atypical ol...

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...