Sinus Thrombosis in a Patient with Intracranial Hypotension: a Suggested Hypothesis of Venous Stasis. a Case Report

Overview

Journal Interv Neuroradiol

Publisher Sage Publications

Specialty Neurology

Date 2011 Jun 24

PMID 21696667

Citations 13

Authors

K-W Yoon

M-K Cho

Y J Kim

S-K Lee

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Abstract

We describe the case of a 26-year-old man with orthostatic headache. Cerebral angiography revealed thrombosis in the sagittal sinus. Spine MRI showed cerebrospinal fluid collection at the C1-2 level. We performed blood patch and the symptoms disappeared. We report a rare case of intracranial hypotension caused by CSF leak and describe our hypothesis that SIH can change the velocity of cerebral blood flow and cause thrombosis.

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