A 14-year-old girl fell off a truck, striking her head. She lost consciousness for 7 minutes. Results of initial evaluation and computed tomography (CT) of the head appeared to be unremarkable on the day of her injury. Three days later, she presented with symptoms of increased ICP including persistent headaches, vomiting, and pulsatile tinnitus, as well as decreased hearing on the right. Head C...

The algorithm of treatment of septic lateral sinus thrombosis (SLST) has undergone a paradigm shift with the understanding of the natural history of sigmoid sinus thrombosis. Thus, the recent medical literature promulgates the management of these cases with no sinus exploration. However, in view of marked paucity of literature on the cited subject, not much is known about this form of treatment...

INTRODUCTION Dural sinus thrombosis following minor head injury is rare. We report such a case in a child after mild head injury. CLINICAL PICTURE A 4-year-old child presented with giddiness and vomiting after a fall. Clinical examination was unremarkable. Magnetic resonance venogram revealed thrombosis of the right sigmoid and transverse sinuses. TREATMENT The patient was managed conservat...

The combination of Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome (APS) and Autoimmune Haemolytic Anemia (AIHA) is extremely unusual. However, APS with underlying SLE has a well-documented link to Coomb’s positive AIHA. antibody syndrome autoimmune haemolytic anaemia can cause cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, which rare neurologic symptom. We reported 16- year-old girl the neurology ward dull aching heada...

BACKGROUND Chickenpox is one of the classic childhood diseases. Recently chicken pox has been reported in adults with more severe systemic and neurological complications. Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) is a life threatening disorder if not treated in time. We report a patient with post varicella CVT as a rare complication of primary Varicella zoster virus. CASE REPORT Vasculitic arterial in...

Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) and posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) are two rare diseases which may present with similar symptoms and signs. We report a case with coexisting PRES and CVST in a 34 years old postpartum female presented with multiple episodes of generalized seizures and bilateral vision loss after delivery. MRI brain and venography revealed left transve...

in this article, the prcsigrnoid avenue to pertroclivai region is introduced and the advantage of such an approach is disusscd. ten patients were operated on by this approach. two illustrative cases are also presented.