Open AccessMastoid Air Sinus Abnormalities Associated With Lateral Venous Sinus Thrombosis
Author(s) -
John Fink,
David McAuley
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/hs0102.101016
Subject(s) - medicine , mastoiditis , sinus (botany) , surgery , abnormality , thrombosis , cerebral venous sinus thrombosis , sigmoid sinus , radiology , otitis , botany , psychiatry , biology , genus
Mastoiditis is a known cause of lateral venous sinus thrombosis (LST). We have encountered patients with LST associated with mastoid abnormality on MRI without any clinical signs of infection; the significance of these abnormalities is uncertain. This study examines the relationship of LST and mastoid air sinus abnormalities systematically.
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