Cerebral Venous Thrombosis in the Setting of Malignancy: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) is a rare condition that can be difficult to diagnose due to its vague and nonspecific symptoms. It is even more unusual to identify CVT in association with malignancy. Given the rarity of this disease, treatment and management of CVT in the setting of malignancy is...

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Autores principales: Logothetis, Constantine N., Pizanis, Charles
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7519989/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33014481
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8849252
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description Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) is a rare condition that can be difficult to diagnose due to its vague and nonspecific symptoms. It is even more unusual to identify CVT in association with malignancy. Given the rarity of this disease, treatment and management of CVT in the setting of malignancy is not well defined. This case report and review of the literature addresses the epidemiology, pathophysiology, and medical treatment for malignancy-related CVT.
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spelling pubmed-75199892020-10-02 Cerebral Venous Thrombosis in the Setting of Malignancy: Case Report and Review of the Literature Logothetis, Constantine N. Pizanis, Charles Case Rep Hematol Case Report Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) is a rare condition that can be difficult to diagnose due to its vague and nonspecific symptoms. It is even more unusual to identify CVT in association with malignancy. Given the rarity of this disease, treatment and management of CVT in the setting of malignancy is not well defined. This case report and review of the literature addresses the epidemiology, pathophysiology, and medical treatment for malignancy-related CVT. Hindawi 2020-09-17 /pmc/articles/PMC7519989/ /pubmed/33014481 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8849252 Text en Copyright © 2020 Constantine N. Logothetis and Charles Pizanis. 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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Cerebral Venous Thrombosis in the Setting of Malignancy: Case Report and Review of the Literature
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title_full Cerebral Venous Thrombosis in the Setting of Malignancy: Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_fullStr Cerebral Venous Thrombosis in the Setting of Malignancy: Case Report and Review of the Literature
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title_short Cerebral Venous Thrombosis in the Setting of Malignancy: Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_sort cerebral venous thrombosis in the setting of malignancy: case report and review of the literature
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7519989/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33014481
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8849252
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