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Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis presenting with diplopia in pregnancy: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis is a rare condition. The most frequent symptoms and signs are headache, focal seizures with or without secondary generalization, unilateral or bilateral paresis and papilledema. We report a case of transverse sinus and superior sagittal sinus thrombosis...

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Autores principales: Munira, Yusoff, Sakinah, Zakariah, Zunaina, Embong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3492079/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23034080
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-6-336
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description INTRODUCTION: Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis is a rare condition. The most frequent symptoms and signs are headache, focal seizures with or without secondary generalization, unilateral or bilateral paresis and papilledema. We report a case of transverse sinus and superior sagittal sinus thrombosis that presented with diplopia in a pregnant woman. CASE PRESENTATION: A 34-year-old Malay woman, gravida 3 para 2 at 8 weeks of pregnancy, was admitted for hyperemesis gravidarum, presented with sudden onset of diplopia, blurring of vision and headache. A magnetic resonance scan of her brain showed the presence of cerebral edema with no space occupying lesion, but magnetic resonance venography ultimately revealed right transverse sinus and superior sagittal sinus thrombosis. The patient was treated with anticoagulation for 1 year, after which the patient recovered fully. CONCLUSION: Due to its diverse and varied neurological presentation, cerebral venous sinus thrombosis should be considered in almost any brain syndrome.
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spelling pubmed-34920792012-11-08 Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis presenting with diplopia in pregnancy: a case report Munira, Yusoff Sakinah, Zakariah Zunaina, Embong J Med Case Rep Case Report INTRODUCTION: Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis is a rare condition. The most frequent symptoms and signs are headache, focal seizures with or without secondary generalization, unilateral or bilateral paresis and papilledema. We report a case of transverse sinus and superior sagittal sinus thrombosis that presented with diplopia in a pregnant woman. CASE PRESENTATION: A 34-year-old Malay woman, gravida 3 para 2 at 8 weeks of pregnancy, was admitted for hyperemesis gravidarum, presented with sudden onset of diplopia, blurring of vision and headache. A magnetic resonance scan of her brain showed the presence of cerebral edema with no space occupying lesion, but magnetic resonance venography ultimately revealed right transverse sinus and superior sagittal sinus thrombosis. The patient was treated with anticoagulation for 1 year, after which the patient recovered fully. CONCLUSION: Due to its diverse and varied neurological presentation, cerebral venous sinus thrombosis should be considered in almost any brain syndrome. BioMed Central 2012-10-03 /pmc/articles/PMC3492079/ /pubmed/23034080 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-6-336 Text en Copyright ©2012 Munira et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Munira, Yusoff
Sakinah, Zakariah
Zunaina, Embong
Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis presenting with diplopia in pregnancy: a case report
title Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis presenting with diplopia in pregnancy: a case report
title_full Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis presenting with diplopia in pregnancy: a case report
title_fullStr Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis presenting with diplopia in pregnancy: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis presenting with diplopia in pregnancy: a case report
title_short Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis presenting with diplopia in pregnancy: a case report
title_sort cerebral venous sinus thrombosis presenting with diplopia in pregnancy: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3492079/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23034080
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-6-336
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