Open AccessVenous Sinus Thrombosis in the Hypoglossal Canal Mimics a Neurogenic Tumor in a Patient with Presumed Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Kiok Jin,
Ji Eun Park,
Jeong Hyun Lee
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
daehan yeongsang uihak hoeji/daehan yeongsang ui haghoeji
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.126
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 2288-2928
pISSN - 1738-2637
DOI - 10.3348/jksr.2021.0167
Subject(s) - medicine , coagulopathy , etiology , cerebral venous sinus thrombosis , intracranial pressure , thrombosis , pseudotumor cerebri , surgery , venous thrombosis , pathology
Presumed idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is a disorder of elevated intracranial pressure with unknown etiology, and 10% of cases occur secondarily to cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST). CVST may be underestimated when findings of IIH are missed in a normal-weight patient without risk factors of coagulopathy. Here, we present a case of CVST that mimics a neurogenic tumor in the hypoglossal canal in a normal-weight patient without risk factors of coagulopathy.