title: Vein of Galen and sinus thrombosis with bilateral thalamic infarcts in sickle cell anaemia: CT follow-up and angiographic demonstration.
abstract: A 2-year-old boy with known sickle cell disease presented in acute coma. CT revealed bilateral thalamic infarcts and incomplete sinus thrombosis. Angiography confirmed thrombosis of the straight sinus and vein of Galen.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Cukurova University Hospital, Adana, Turkey.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oğuz
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Aksungur
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Soyupak
authors.forename: A U
authors.initials: AU
authors.lastname: Yildirim
mesh_terms: D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications*; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D002550:Cerebral Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012851:Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D013786:Thalamic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed