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...

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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background: factor v g1691a (fv leiden), fii ga20210, and methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (mthfr) c677t mutations are the most common genetic risk factors for thromboembolism in the western countries. however, there is rare data in iran about cerebral venous and sinus thrombosis (cvst) patients. the aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency of common genetic thrombophilic factors in c...

two case reports of malignant external otitis in the elderly diabetics and their complications and management with regard to our experience at amir alam hospital, department of ent will be discussed here.

A trombose do seio cavernoso (TSC) é uma situação clínica rara, resultando normalmente da complicação de um processo infeccioso dos seios paranasais. Outras causas incluem alterações pró-trombóticas, anemia e trauma. Os sinais e sintomas são extremamente variados e inespecíficos, sendo o seu diagnóstico efetuado através de ressonância magnética nuclear (RMN). Os autores apresentam um caso clíni...