A comparative study of conventional magnetic resonance sequences with 2D time of flight sequence versus contrast enhanced magnetic resonance venography in diagnosing cerebral venous sinus thrombosis

Background: The present study aimed to compare the accuracy between conventional MRV with 2D Time of Flight sequence versus contrast enhanced in Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis.Materials and methods: This was a hospital based ambispective that conducted from Jan 2021 Jun 2022 Department Radiodiagnosis Mahatma Gandhi Medical College Research Institute (MGMCRI), Pondicherry after obtaining approval Ethical Committee. Patients admitted MGMCRI as clinically suspected cases CVT included for study. It an study, so records patients retrospectively JAN 2019 DEC 2020 prospectively MAY Institute.Results: comprising 30 either sex.Majority participants were age group less than 25 years females (73.3%). Majority female puerperium. had headache on presentation Sensitivity specificity MR TOF diagnosing SSS thrombosis 92.31% 50% respectively. LS 79.17% 33.33% STS 100% 34.78% respectively.Conclusion: Multicentric large scale studies involving different backgrounds variable demography required clearly establish MRI investigations. performance 3D superior terms picture quality evaluation all sinuses veins. findings our contributed body data supporting advantages venography over Venography routine clinical diagnosis or exclusion acute CVT.