Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis during Everest Expedition: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) is a rare but serious disorder that is associated with a poor clinical outcome. We report a 35-year-old man who had a severe headache and diplopia while climbing Mount Everest. His MR venography showed right transverse and right sigmoid sinus thrombosis. He im...

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Autores principales: Khanal, P., Thapa, L., Shrestha, A. M., Bhattarai, S., Sapkota, D., Sharma, N., Devkota, U. P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5107850/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27872776
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8314040
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author Khanal, P.
Thapa, L.
Shrestha, A. M.
Bhattarai, S.
Sapkota, D.
Sharma, N.
Devkota, U. P.
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description Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) is a rare but serious disorder that is associated with a poor clinical outcome. We report a 35-year-old man who had a severe headache and diplopia while climbing Mount Everest. His MR venography showed right transverse and right sigmoid sinus thrombosis. He improved on anticoagulant and symptomatic measures. Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis at high altitude is discussed.
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spelling pubmed-51078502016-11-21 Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis during Everest Expedition: A Case Report and Review of the Literature Khanal, P. Thapa, L. Shrestha, A. M. Bhattarai, S. Sapkota, D. Sharma, N. Devkota, U. P. Case Rep Neurol Med Case Report Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) is a rare but serious disorder that is associated with a poor clinical outcome. We report a 35-year-old man who had a severe headache and diplopia while climbing Mount Everest. His MR venography showed right transverse and right sigmoid sinus thrombosis. He improved on anticoagulant and symptomatic measures. Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis at high altitude is discussed. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016 2016-10-31 /pmc/articles/PMC5107850/ /pubmed/27872776 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8314040 Text en Copyright © 2016 P. Khanal et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis during Everest Expedition: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5107850/
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