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Ehler E, Kopal A, Mrklovský M, Košťál M. Cerebral Venous Thrombosis after a Cesarean Delivery. ACTA MEDICA (HRADEC KRÁLOVÉ) 2016; 53:109-13. [DOI: 10.14712/18059694.2016.68] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) is a serious condition affecting mostly women. This report concerns two cases of women who developed CVT within 14 days of cesarean delivery. Magnetic resonance angiography of the brain (venous phase) is the best modality to diagnose the condition, and parenteral application of low-molecular-weight heparin is the most beneficial treatment. The first patient was found to have an elevated factor VIII level. In the second patient, homozygosity of the C677T mutation in the 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene was found. The puerperal period and Cesarean Section (CS) are risk factors for thrombotic complications, including CVT. It is necessary to search for risk factors in a patient’s history and within the group of at-risk patients to prolong preventive administration of low molecular weight heparin (LMWH). CVT (including puerperium related) is not a detrimental to future pregnancies.
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Faraji F, Didgar F, Talaie-Zanjani A, Mohammadbeigi A. Uncontrolled seizures resulting from cerebral venous sinus thrombosis complicating neurobrucellosis. J Neurosci Rural Pract 2013; 4:313-6. [PMID: 24250168 PMCID: PMC3821421 DOI: 10.4103/0976-3147.118780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis is a rare form of stroke caused by thrombosis in venous sinuses of the brain. In this study, we reported on a patient with venous sinus thrombosis and brucellosis who presented with uncontrolled seizure despite being treated with anti-epileptic drugs at high doses. The case was a 33-year-old woman with a history of controlled complex partial seizure who presented with headache, asthenia, and uncontrolled seizure for one month. She was febrile and a brain CT scan indicated hemorrhagic focus in the left posterior parietal and the temporal lobe. Magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance venography also proved venous sinus thrombosis in the left transverse sinus. Besides [In addition], a laboratory assessment confirmed brucellosis. Following the treatment with anti-coagulant, anti-brucellosis, and anti-epileptic agents, the patient was discharged in good condition with medical orders. Clinical suspicion and accurate evaluation of a patient's history is the most important clue in diagnosis and treatment of brucellosis and cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, especially in uncontrolled seizure in patients who had previously been under control.
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- Fardin Faraji
- Department of Neurology, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran
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Khosravi M, Hill CS, Kitchen N. Cord sign: cortical venous thrombosis evolving to a ring enhancing lesion. Br J Neurosurg 2013; 27:139-40. [DOI: 10.3109/02688697.2012.709552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Appenzeller S, Zeller CB, Annichino-Bizzachi JM, Costallat LTL, Deus-Silva L, Voetsch B, Faria AV, Zanardi VA, Damasceno BP, Cendes F. Cerebral venous thrombosis: influence of risk factors and imaging findings on prognosis. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 2005; 107:371-8. [PMID: 16023530 DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2004.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2004] [Revised: 09/07/2004] [Accepted: 10/04/2004] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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PURPOSE To investigate imaging findings, risk factors and outcome in patients with cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT). METHODS Records of all patients with diagnosis of CVT between 1992 and 2002 were reviewed. Patients with CNS infection and with CVT secondary to invasive procedures were excluded. Inherited and acquired thrombophilia were searched in all patients. RESULTS Twenty-four patients (18 women, 6 men) with mean age of 29.5 years (range 3-48 years) were identified. Mean follow-up was 44 months (range 11-145 months). The most common symptoms were headache (75%), vomiting (33%) and impairment of consciousness (21%). Probable causes of CVT could be determined in 21 (88%) patients: pregnancy or puerperium in six (25%), oral contraceptive use in four (17%), head trauma in two (8%), mastoiditis in one (4%), nephrotic syndrome in one (4%), systemic disease in three (13%), and inherited thrombotic risk factors in four (17%) patients. CVT associated with pregnancy, puerperium and use of oral contraceptives had a significant better outcome than CVT caused by inherited thrombophilia or systemic disease (OR=14.4; p=0.02). CT scans were abnormal in 15 (62.5%) patients and MRI with gadolinium was abnormal in all. Those with parenchymal involvement had neurological sequelae during follow-up. All were treated with heparin followed by oral anticoagulants, and none had new or worsening of pre-existing intracerebral hemorrhage. CONCLUSION MRI is superior to conventional CT for diagnosing CVT. Patients with parenchymal lesions, thrombophilia and antiphospholipid syndrome had greater risk to be left with neurological sequelae. Anticoagulant therapy did not predispose to further intracerebral hemorrhage.
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- Simone Appenzeller
- Department of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, State University of Campinas, UNICAMP, Brazil
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Because of its wide range of presentations, its highly variable mode of onset, its numerous causes, and its unpredictable outcome, cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) remains a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. Treatment of CVT consists primarily of symptomatic treatment of seizures and intracranial hypertension, antithrombotics, and etiologic treatment whenever possible. Heparin remains the first line of treatment for CVT; although its systematic use remains debated, recent studies have confirmed its safety even in patients with large hemorrhagic infarctions. The addition of local thrombolysis is indicated for patients with clinical worsening related to extension of the venous thrombosis, despite adequate anticoagulation and optimal symptomatic and etiologic treatment. In contrast to arterial stroke, complete recovery of prolonged or severe neurologic deficit is possible, justifying initiation of anticoagulation and eventually thrombolysis, even when the clinical situation seems desperate. New techniques using mechanical devices disrupting the clot may be used in addition to thrombolysis in rare cases. Ventricular drainage is indicated in cases of cerebellar infarction or deep venous thrombosis associated with hydrocephalus. Decompressive craniotomy may be performed acutely in patients with untractable intracranial hypertension and herniation.
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- Valérie Biousse
- Neuro-ophthalmology Unit, Emory Eye Center, 1365-B Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
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Because of its wide range of presentations, its highly variable mode of onset, its numerous causes, and its unpredictable outcome, cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) remains a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. Treatment of CVT consists primarily of symptomatic treatment of seizures and intracranial hypertension, antithrombotics, and etiologic treatment whenever possible. Heparin remains the first line of treatment for CVT; although its systematic use remains debated, recent studies have confirmed its safety even in patients with large hemorrhagic infarctions. The addition of local thrombolysis is indicated for patients with clinical worsening related to extension of the venous thrombosis, despite adequate anticoagulation and optimal symptomatic and etiologic treatment. In contrast to arterial stroke, complete recovery of prolonged or severe neurologic deficit is possible, justifying initiation of anticoagulation and eventually thrombolysis, even when the clinical situation seems desperate. New techniques using mechanical devices disrupting the clot may be used in addition to thrombolysis in rare cases. Ventricular drainage is indicated in cases of cerebellar infarction or deep venous thrombosis associated with hydrocephalus. Decompressive craniotomy may be performed acutely in patients with untractable intracranial hypertension and herniation.
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- Valérie Biousse
- Neuro-ophthalmology Unit, Emory Eye Center, 1365-B Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
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This review details the evidence that the risk of stroke is increased in the peripartum and postpartum period rather than the entire 9 months of pregnancy. In women with prior stroke, available evidence suggests that the excess risk of a stroke recurrence in pregnancy is approximately 1% to 2%. Although certain conditions have a particularly strong association with stroke in pregnancy, such as eclampsia, or with the postpartum period, such as cerebral venous thrombosis, the clinical and therapeutic approach to women with stroke during pregnancy should be similar to the approach to stroke in young adults. Strategies for stroke prevention should take into account the competing risks to mother and fetus.
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- Mohammed Pathan
- Department of Neurology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 22 South Greene Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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Hartmann A, Mast H, Stapf C, Koch HC, Marx P. Peripheral Hemodialysis Shunt With Intracranial Venous Congestion. Stroke 2001. [DOI: 10.1161/str.32.12.2945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Intracranial venous congestion is often caused by local venous thrombosis or brain arteriovenous fistulas. Hemodialysis shunts are known to cause venous enlargement in the arm or chest but have not been related to intracranial vascular pathology.
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A 59-year-old woman who presented with increasing headache, gait instability, and memory loss was a renal transplant recipient who still carried a left upper arm shunt. Cranial CT scan showed enlarged veins in the posterior fossa with incipient hydrocephalus. Extracranial duplex sonography revealed reversed flow in the left internal jugular vein, which normalized on cuff inflation around the shunt-carrying arm. The reversed flow, intracranial venous congestion, and neurological status improved after surgical shunt ligation.
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To our knowledge, this is the first case description of an intracranial venous outflow obstruction caused by a peripheral arteriovenous shunt.
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- Andreas Hartmann
- From the Departments of Neurology, Stroke Unit (A.H., C.S., P.M.), and Radiology (H-C.K.), Universitätsklinikum Benjamin Franklin, Freie Universität Berlin, and Department of Neurology, Stroke Unit, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Kliniken der Stadt Halle Bergmannstrost, Halle (H.M.), Germany
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- From the Departments of Neurology, Stroke Unit (A.H., C.S., P.M.), and Radiology (H-C.K.), Universitätsklinikum Benjamin Franklin, Freie Universität Berlin, and Department of Neurology, Stroke Unit, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Kliniken der Stadt Halle Bergmannstrost, Halle (H.M.), Germany
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- From the Departments of Neurology, Stroke Unit (A.H., C.S., P.M.), and Radiology (H-C.K.), Universitätsklinikum Benjamin Franklin, Freie Universität Berlin, and Department of Neurology, Stroke Unit, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Kliniken der Stadt Halle Bergmannstrost, Halle (H.M.), Germany
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- From the Departments of Neurology, Stroke Unit (A.H., C.S., P.M.), and Radiology (H-C.K.), Universitätsklinikum Benjamin Franklin, Freie Universität Berlin, and Department of Neurology, Stroke Unit, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Kliniken der Stadt Halle Bergmannstrost, Halle (H.M.), Germany
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- From the Departments of Neurology, Stroke Unit (A.H., C.S., P.M.), and Radiology (H-C.K.), Universitätsklinikum Benjamin Franklin, Freie Universität Berlin, and Department of Neurology, Stroke Unit, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Kliniken der Stadt Halle Bergmannstrost, Halle (H.M.), Germany
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