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Neurological and cognitive long‐term outcome in patients with cerebral venous sinus thrombosis
Author(s) -
Buccino G.,
Scoditti U.,
Patteri I.,
Bertolino C.,
Mancia D.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
acta neurologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.967
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1600-0404
pISSN - 0001-6314
DOI - 10.1034/j.1600-0404.2003.00031.x
Subject(s) - aphasia , depression (economics) , mood , medicine , cognition , epilepsy , pediatrics , apraxia , mood disorders , psychology , physical therapy , psychiatry , anxiety , economics , macroeconomics
Objectives – The main aim of the present study was to assess long‐term neurological and cognitive outcome in patients with cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST). Methods – We re‐investigated by means of a face to face interview all patients with a confirmed diagnosis of CVST, collected at our Department over the years 1990–2000. During the interview the presence of headache, epileptic seizures, visual deficits and a new episode following the first occurrence of CVST were checked. Moreover all patients underwent a neurological examination, a functional evaluation, a cognitive assessment to rule out aphasia, apraxia and working memory deficits. Depression of mood was also investigated. Results – On the whole 34 patients entered the study: 10 patients referred episodic headache following the disease. In three cases epileptic seizures were present. A new event occurred in only one patient. Four patients showed pyramidal signs, in two cases visual deficits were present. All patients had no functional disability. We found a mild non‐fluent aphasia in three patients, working memory deficits in six patients and depression of mood in six cases. Conclusion – The present study demonstrates a good neurological and cognitive long‐term outcome in patients with CVST.