Postoperative pseudomeningocele is a common complication of craniotomies for tumor resection. Intracranial hypertension can hinder dural repair and potentially lead to refractory or severe cases pseudomeningocele. We present an unconventional use venous sinus stenosis stenting treat postcraniotomy driven by intracranial hypertension.

The coronary circulation of anesthetized dogs was tested for the presence of vascular waterfalls by manipulating coronary arterial and coronary venous pressures. The left main coronary artery and the coronary sinus were cannulated, and relationships between coronary artery pressure, coronary sinus pressure, and coronary flow were studied. Experiments were conducted during diastolic arrests, und...

Behcet disease is a rare multi-system immune related vasculitis which may involve the central nervous system, usually during the course of the illness. Magnetic resonance imaging is currently the modality of choice for the detection of the parenchymal lesions in their different phases, as well as the dural sinus venous thrombosis.

Dural venous sinus thrombosis (DVST) in the neonatal period has a spectrum of clinical and radiologic findings. At the present time, the treatment for venous sinus thrombosis is mainly one of supportive therapy. In a patient with documented DVST, whose clinical status is deteriorating despite conventional supportive therapy, there may be a rationale for more aggressive therapy. We report a case...

Okamura S, et al. BMJ Case Rep 2017. doi:10.1136/bcr-2017-220591 Description A 67-year-old man was referred to our department because of epistaxis. CT demonstrated that a mass had destroyed the posterior bony wall of the left paranasal sinus. Histopathological examination revealed squamous cell carcinoma of the maxillary sinus, and clinically staged T4aN0M0 was diagnosed. MRI showed no thrombus...

Variations of the dural folds and the dural venous sinuses are seldom reported in the extant medical literature. Such variations in the posterior cranial fossa may be problematic in various diagnostic and operative procedures of this region. We report our observation of an extremely rare variation of the falx cerebelli and posterior cranial fossa venous sinuses encountered upon dissection of a ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the importance of 2,3-diphosphoglycerate (2,3-DPG) and oxygen-haemoglobin binding to oxygen transport in patients with congestive heart failure. METHODS In 30 patients with severe congestive heart failure, arterial, mixed venous, and coronary sinus venous blood concentrations of 2,3-DPG were measured and systemic output and coronary sinus blood flow were measured by a ther...

Evidence-Basis for Anticoagulants for Cerebral Sinus Venous Thrombosis? To the Editor: The recent case of cerebral sinus venous thrombosis (CSVT) in the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton brought my attention to articles that lay out the evidence-basis for the use of full dose heparin and oral anticoagulant drugs for CSVT. Unfortunately, articles published in Stroke by investigators from the...

A 65-year-old woman with poorly controlled diabetes presented bilateral miosis, bilateral abducens nerve palsy, and left hemiparesis. On MRI, cavernous sinus thrombosis, subdural empyema and hemorrhagic infarction in the frontotemporal lobe were detected. Cerebral angiogram revealed filling defect in the cavernous sinus with venous congestion but no involvement of internal carotid artery. Postm...

Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis is an uncommon condition with a variable clinical presentation, often resulting in a delayed diagnosis. The most common risk factors are pregnancy and puerperium, oral contraceptive use, head injury, dehydration, blood dyscrasias, malignancies, and systemic diseases. We present a nineteen-year-old female in whom a superior sagittal sinus thrombosis was caused by...