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Superior sagittal sinus obstruction and tuberculous abscess
Author(s) -
Barber P. A.,
Sieradzan K. S.,
Schady W.
Publication year - 1999
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 - 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1999.tb07346.x
Subject(s) - medicine , superior sagittal sinus , intracranial pressure , abscess , sinus (botany) , skull , raised intracranial pressure , brain abscess , straight sinus , surgery , sagittal plane , anatomy , radiology , thrombosis , botany , biology , genus
Intracranial tumours such as meningiomas may occasionally produce raised intracranial pressure by occluding a venous sinus. More uncommonly, midline tumours in the occipital regions of the skull can produce elevated intracranial pressure by non‐thrombotic compression of the superior sagittal sinus. We present a case of raised intracranial pressure secondary to non‐thrombotic obstruction of the superior sagittal sinus by a midline tuberculous abscess.