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Isolated Cortical Vein Thrombosis with Long Cord Sign

Isolated cortical vein thrombosis (ICVT) is a rare disease, accounting for less than 1% of strokes. A 46-year-old woman presented with progressive left side weakness. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging with T2(*)-gradient echo (T2(*)-GE) sequence showed long cord sign at the right frontal cortex. The p...

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Autores principales: Ban, Seung Pil, Chung, Young Seob, Park, Sung Bae, Son, Young-Je
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Neurosurgical Society 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4688319/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26713150
http://dx.doi.org/10.3340/jkns.2015.58.5.476
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Sumario:Isolated cortical vein thrombosis (ICVT) is a rare disease, accounting for less than 1% of strokes. A 46-year-old woman presented with progressive left side weakness. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging with T2(*)-gradient echo (T2(*)-GE) sequence showed long cord sign at the right frontal cortex. The patient was treated with low molecular weight heparin, followed by oral warfarin for 6 months. The 3-month follow-up MR imaging showed recanalization of the previously thrombosed cortical vein. She was completely recovered without neurological deficits after 6 months. This provides that MR imaging with T2(*)-GE sequence can help to diagnosis the ICVT and outcomes of the ICVT are generally favorable.