
Rosales Bravo, Luis Guillermo
Hospital Mexico, Costa RicaTitle: Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis: Clinical and neuroradiological analysis of 10 consecutive cases at hospital Mexico between January and December 2013
Abstract
Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) is an uncommon and potentially life
neurological emergency. The annual incidence is estimated at 2
occlusion with a clot into a venous sinus causes an acute increase of the intracranial pressure rising to
intracranial hypertension. Due to the rupture of cortical veins both parenchymal brain hemorrhage and
subarachnoidal hemorrhage can be present in the
challenge. High clinical suspicious is mandatory for an early diagnostic. Nowadays, with the use of CT and CTV
its diagnosis is less difficult. Most of the patients recover without any neurological
rapid initiation of anticoagulant treatment is mandatory in order to reopen the occluded venous sinus.
Neither the parenchymal brain hemorrhage nor the subarachnoidal hemorrhage contraindicated the
anticoagulation. The main demographics, risk factors, clinical findings, neuroradiological characteristics,
treatment and outcome of 10 consecutive patients with the diagnosis of CVST in a single public medical
center in Costa Rica are described
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