background cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (cvst) is a frequent cause of cerebrovascular disease in iran. objectives in this study, we report cumulative data of published iranian studies in a systematic manner with critically appraisal and presenting future directions. materials and methods the authors systematically searched the isi web of knowledge, pubmed, scopus, ebesco and iranmedex for k...

This is a case study of a 34-year-old woman who was admitted to hospital with a history of severe orthostatic headache. She was diagnosed as having spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH) by undetectable cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pressure at lumbar puncture, and with evidence of diffuse dural enhancement of the brain detected by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). However, the contrast-enhance...

background: septic intracranial venous thrombosis is a rare vascular disease of the brain with no specific sign or symptom. while urgent treatment will result in complete recovery, delays may cause permanent complications or even death. case report: the patient was a 23-year-old woman who had suffered visual loss, hallucination, and confusion two weeks after undergoing submandibular abscess rem...

introduction: oral contraceptives (ocs) are considered as one of the most common risk factor of venous thromboembolism (vte) in child bearing age. some of the recent researches indicate that the odds of vte may be even higher with newer generations of ocs. the present meta-analysis was designed to evaluate the effect of different generation of ocs on the occurrence of vte. methods: two research...

Although few patients with spontaneous intracranial hypotension develop cerebral venous thrombosis, the association between these two entities seems too common to be simply a coincidental finding. We describe two cases of spontaneous intracranial hypotension associated with cerebral venous thrombosis. In one case, extensive cerebral venous thrombosis involved the superior sagittal sinus and mul...

The association of spontaneous intracranial hypotension with cerebral venous sinus thrombosis is rare. We report here a case of extensive cerebral venous sinus thrombosis involving three sinuses following spontaneous intracranial hypotension. The patient presented no other thrombotic risk factors except for spontaneous intracranial hypotension. This case adds to the evidence that spontaneous in...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the pathogenesis, clinical features, radiographic findings and therapeutic outcomes of non-acute intracranial deep venous thrombosis in adults. METHODS Five patients who presented with increased intracranial pressure were examined with computed tomography, magnetic resonance and angiography, diagnosed as having non-acute intracranial deep venous thrombosis, and treate...

Cerebral venous thrombosis is an uncommon condition that often has severe consequences. Symptomatic thrombosis of intracranial sinuses and veins has been mainly observed in two groups of patients: subjectswith bacterial or fungal infections, either systemic or localized to the cranium; subjects with noninfectious,miscellaneous conditions. In a substantial proportion (about 25%) of the patients ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Cerebellar venous infarction or hemorrhage due to isolated venous thrombosis of the posterior fossa is a rare form of intracranial vein thrombosis that can be unsuspected in clinical practice. METHODS We studied 230 patients with intracranial vein thrombosis, identifying 9 (3.9%: 7 women, mean age 34 years) with neuroimaging or histopathologic evidence of localized post...