Patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty frequently develop post-operative complication, such as deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary thromboembolism. However, it is not common coexisting deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary thromboembolisms, right atrial thrombus and acute cerebral infarction raised by thrombus through patent foramen ovale. We reported the patient who had multiple thrombi which w...

postoperative portal vein thrombosis is a rare complication which occurs most often after hepatobiliary surgery.to date, few cases following laparoscopic cho lecystectomy have been reported. in this paper we present a case of portal vein thrombosis diagnosed with abdominal ct scan on the seventh day following laparoscopic cholecystectomy.the patient was administered therapeutic intravenous hepa...

Aseptic cortical venous thrombosis is rare without concomitant dural sinus thrombosis. Ulcerative colitis is associated with both dural sinus thrombosis and isolated cortical venous thrombosis. We describe a 26-year-old woman with ulcerative colitis who had a spontaneous cerebral hemorrhage. An overlying thrombosed cortical vein was identified on spin-echo MR images and confirmed with angiograp...

Cerebral venous thrombosis, including thrombosis of cerebral veins and major dural sinuses, is an uncommon disorder in the general population. However, it has a higher frequency among patients younger than 40 years of age, patients with thrombophilia, pregnant patients or those receiving hormonal contraceptive therapy or has foreign body such as catheter in their veins or arterial system. In th...

Cerebral vein thrombosis is a known complication of active ulcerative colitis. It is generally believed that panproctocolectomy ameliorates the thromboembolic and other systemic complications of ulcerative colitis. We report an unusual patient, 10 years post-panproctocolectomy for ulcerative colitis, who developed a cerebral sinus thrombosis. Physicians should be aware of the possibility of thr...

the study was conducted to determine the clinical pattern and etiology of cerebral venous thrombosis in iran. records of all adult patients admitted with a clinical diagnosis and mri of cerebral venous thrombosis from 1993 through 1999 in three major hospitals of tehran, iran were reviewed. fifty patients (39 women, 11 men) aged 14 to 56 years were identified. headache the most frequent and oft...

cerebral sinovenous thrombosis (csvt) is increasingly diagnosed in neonates. despite many studies which have addressed diagnosis and management of pediatric csvt, diagnosis of cvsd in neonates is difficult. a female neonate born by natural vaginal delivery was diagnosed with csvt after initiation of seizure. the seizure was stabilized and after performing diagnostic tests, the diagnosis of csvt...

background: brucellosis can involve almost any organ system and may present with a broad spectrum of clinical presentations. in this study we present a case of deep vein thrombosis due to human brucellosis. case presentation: a 15 year old boy presented acute pain and swelling in his left thigh. when admitted to the hospital in june 2011, he complained of fever, chills and lowers extremity pain...

Background: Venous thromboembolism, which comprises deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism and is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality among patients with cancer. The aim of the present study was to report a rare presentation of arterial thrombosis after venous thrombosis in a patient with gastric cancer. Report of the Case: A 45 year-old female patient with locally advanced gas...