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Challenges in Cerebral Venous Thrombosis Management—Case Reports and Short Literature Review
Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) is a rare type of stroke, with a complex clinical presentation that can make it a diagnostic challenge for the swift initiation of anticoagulation. When a hemorrhagic transformation is added, therapeutic management becomes even more complex. We describe a series of f...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9964720/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36836691 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life13020334 |
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author | Pleșa, Florentina Cristina Jijie, Alina Toma, Gabriela Simona Ranetti, Aurelian Emilian Manole, Aida Mihaela Rotaru, Ruxandra Caloianu, Ionuț Anghel, Daniela Dulămea, Octaviana Adriana |
author_facet | Pleșa, Florentina Cristina Jijie, Alina Toma, Gabriela Simona Ranetti, Aurelian Emilian Manole, Aida Mihaela Rotaru, Ruxandra Caloianu, Ionuț Anghel, Daniela Dulămea, Octaviana Adriana |
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description | Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) is a rare type of stroke, with a complex clinical presentation that can make it a diagnostic challenge for the swift initiation of anticoagulation. When a hemorrhagic transformation is added, therapeutic management becomes even more complex. We describe a series of four cases, aged between 23 and 37 years old, with cerebral venous thrombosis. They were admitted to our clinic between 2014 and 2022. All cases presented significant challenges in either diagnostic, therapeutic or etiologic evaluation, at different stages of the disease. Late complications such as epilepsy or depression and other behavioral disorders represent long-term sequelae for the patient. Therefore, through its late complications, CVT is not only an acute disease but a chronic disorder with long-term follow-up requirements. The first case of the series is of a postpartum woman with focal neurological deficit caused by CVT with hemorrhagic transformation that presented multiple thrombotic complications and severe depression. The second case is of a man with extensive cerebral thrombosis who developed bilateral papillary edema under therapeutic anticoagulation treatment. The third case is of a woman with bilateral cavernous sinus thrombosis who later developed depressive disorder and focal seizures. The fourth case is of a pregnant woman in the first trimester presenting with a steep decline in consciousness level secondary to deep cerebral vein thrombosis requiring intensive care and subsequently developing a memory disorder. For a long period of time, due to being underdiagnosed, few things were known about CVT. Nowadays, we have all the tools to diagnose, treat, and follow up cases of CVT. |
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spelling | pubmed-99647202023-02-26 Challenges in Cerebral Venous Thrombosis Management—Case Reports and Short Literature Review Pleșa, Florentina Cristina Jijie, Alina Toma, Gabriela Simona Ranetti, Aurelian Emilian Manole, Aida Mihaela Rotaru, Ruxandra Caloianu, Ionuț Anghel, Daniela Dulămea, Octaviana Adriana Life (Basel) Article Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) is a rare type of stroke, with a complex clinical presentation that can make it a diagnostic challenge for the swift initiation of anticoagulation. When a hemorrhagic transformation is added, therapeutic management becomes even more complex. We describe a series of four cases, aged between 23 and 37 years old, with cerebral venous thrombosis. They were admitted to our clinic between 2014 and 2022. All cases presented significant challenges in either diagnostic, therapeutic or etiologic evaluation, at different stages of the disease. Late complications such as epilepsy or depression and other behavioral disorders represent long-term sequelae for the patient. Therefore, through its late complications, CVT is not only an acute disease but a chronic disorder with long-term follow-up requirements. The first case of the series is of a postpartum woman with focal neurological deficit caused by CVT with hemorrhagic transformation that presented multiple thrombotic complications and severe depression. The second case is of a man with extensive cerebral thrombosis who developed bilateral papillary edema under therapeutic anticoagulation treatment. The third case is of a woman with bilateral cavernous sinus thrombosis who later developed depressive disorder and focal seizures. The fourth case is of a pregnant woman in the first trimester presenting with a steep decline in consciousness level secondary to deep cerebral vein thrombosis requiring intensive care and subsequently developing a memory disorder. For a long period of time, due to being underdiagnosed, few things were known about CVT. Nowadays, we have all the tools to diagnose, treat, and follow up cases of CVT. MDPI 2023-01-26 /pmc/articles/PMC9964720/ /pubmed/36836691 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life13020334 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Pleșa, Florentina Cristina Jijie, Alina Toma, Gabriela Simona Ranetti, Aurelian Emilian Manole, Aida Mihaela Rotaru, Ruxandra Caloianu, Ionuț Anghel, Daniela Dulămea, Octaviana Adriana Challenges in Cerebral Venous Thrombosis Management—Case Reports and Short Literature Review |
title | Challenges in Cerebral Venous Thrombosis Management—Case Reports and Short Literature Review |
title_full | Challenges in Cerebral Venous Thrombosis Management—Case Reports and Short Literature Review |
title_fullStr | Challenges in Cerebral Venous Thrombosis Management—Case Reports and Short Literature Review |
title_full_unstemmed | Challenges in Cerebral Venous Thrombosis Management—Case Reports and Short Literature Review |
title_short | Challenges in Cerebral Venous Thrombosis Management—Case Reports and Short Literature Review |
title_sort | challenges in cerebral venous thrombosis management—case reports and short literature review |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9964720/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36836691 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life13020334 |
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