Venous dural sinus thrombosis in a middle-aged woman with anticardiolipin antibodies.
Anticardiolipin antibodies are circulating autoantibodies directed against phospholipids. They have been previously associated with systemic venous and arterial but not with cerebral venous thrombosis. We describe the case of a middle aged woman with circulating anticardiolipin antibodies who suffered from dural sinus transversus and jugular venous thrombosis documented by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR).
Camaiti
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A
Ospedale di Pistoia.
Del Rosso
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A
Checcucci
D
D
Buggiani
A
A
Federighi
G
G
D017153:Antibodies, Anticardiolipin / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008875:Middle Aged; D012851:Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology*; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000098:blood supply
D017153:Antibodies, Anticardiolipin