Premium
Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Cerebral Venous Thrombosis, A Case Report
Author(s) -
Donohoe Charles D.,
Waldman Steven D.,
Resor Louise D.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
headache: the journal of head and face pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.14
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1526-4610
pISSN - 0017-8748
DOI - 10.1111/j.1526-4610.1987.hed2703155.x
Subject(s) - medicine , superior sagittal sinus , papilledema , radiology , thrombosis , magnetic resonance imaging , straight sinus , venous thrombosis , digital subtraction angiography , magnetic resonance angiography , sagittal plane , angiography , sinus (botany) , dural venous sinuses , surgery , botany , biology , genus
SYNOPSIS In a patient presenting with headache, who later developed bilateral sixth nerve palsies and papilledema, an initial CT scan (unenhanced and enhanced) was normal, and a later CT scan was suggestive of superior sagittal sinus thrombosis. An MRI scan gave much less equivocal evidence of thrombosis of both the sagittal and the right transverse sinus. The diagnosis was confirmed by digital venous angiography. MRI is a noninvasive investigation useful in the diagnosis of dural venous sinus thrombosis.