title: Depressed skull fracture involving the superior sagittal sinus as a cause of persistent raised intracranial pressure: a case report.
abstract: A case of an open depressed fracture of the skull overlying and partially obliterating the superior sagittal sinus is reported. Depressed fractures overlying major venous sinuses as a cause of persistent elevated intracranial pressure (ICP) and poor neurologic outcome without treatment is discussed. Measurement of ICP and cerebral angiography may have a role to play in the management of these patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, H.F. Verwoerd Hospital, Pretoria, South Africa.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: du Plessis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D003392:Cranial Sinuses; D006801:Humans; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D008297:Male; D009777:Occipital Bone / Q000293:injuries*; D011859:Radiography; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology