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Aseptic Cerebral Venous Thrombosis

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Cerebral Sinus Thrombosis

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Although aseptic thrombosis of the cerebral veins and dural sinuses has been clinically recognized for more than a century, physicians often overlook the diagnosis [1–3]. Several reasons may explain this deficiency: cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) is relatively rare; it produces subtle and often ambiguous symptoms, and it may accompany severe and diverse systemic illnesses [1,3–6]. The advent of angiography and increasingly accurate CT and MRI imaging, however, have increased the capability for successful antemortem diagnosis [5,7–10]. The growing evidence that the use of anticoagulants enhances the likelihood of clinical recovery [6] adds urgency to the need for prompt and accurate diagnosis before brain hemorrhage and infarction develop.

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Jacewicz, M., Plum, F. (1990). Aseptic Cerebral Venous Thrombosis. In: Einhäupl, K., Kempski, O., Baethmann, A. (eds) Cerebral Sinus Thrombosis. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8199-0_15

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