Cerebral venous thrombosis in a gentleman presenting with fever, convulsion and frontotemporal haemorrhages.
J Clin Neurosci
; 12(2): 186-8, 2005 Feb.
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| ID: mdl-15749428
ABSTRACT
Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) is an uncommon but serious type of stroke. Thrombosis may involve the cortical or deep veins or the venous sinuses. The presenting clinical features are non-specific. We report a 48-year-old man with CVT who presented with fever, bitemporal throbbing headache, and generalised convulsion. Computed tomography (CT) of the brain revealed acute haemorrhages over right anterior frontal and posterior temporal regions with surrounding oedema and right anterior temporal subcortical oedema. The initial diagnosis was herpes simplex encephalitis. Absence of venous flow over the right transverse and sigmoid sinuses during the venous phase of digital subtraction angiography (DSA) revealed CVT. He was anti-coagulated for 6 months. An underlying cause of CVT was not detected. A high index of suspicion is required when risk factors of CVT are present. CT brain may be normal or showing non-specific findings. Magnetic resonance imaging plus venography, CT venography, or DSA is diagnostic.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Convulsões
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Encéfalo
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Trombose Venosa
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Trombose Intracraniana
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Hemorragias Intracranianas
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Febre
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Clin Neurosci
Assunto da revista:
NEUROLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2005
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Hong Kong