Superior sagittal sinus obstruction and tuberculous abscess.
Intracranial tumours such as meningiomas may occasionally produce raised intracranial pressure by occluding a venous sinus. More uncommonly, midline tumours in the occipital regions of the skull can produce elevated intracranial pressure by non-thrombotic compression of the superior sagittal sinus. We present a case of raised intracranial pressure secondary to non-thrombotic obstruction of the superior sagittal sinus by a midline tuberculous abscess.
Barber
P A
PA
Department of Neurology, Manchester Royal Infirmary, UK.
Sieradzan
K S
KS
Schady
W
W
D000293:Adolescent; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000150:complications*; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000209:etiology; D003392:Cranial Sinuses; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019586:Intracranial Hypertension / Q000209:etiology*; D016862:Tuberculoma, Intracranial / Q000150:complications*