Cerebral sinus venous thrombosis in two patients with spontaneous intracranial hypotension.
We report 2 patients who had clinical and neuroimaging signs of spontaneous intracranial hypotension and who developed cerebral sinus venous thrombosis. This sequence of events -- known after dural puncture but not in spontaneous intracranial hypotension -- was suggested by the change in the pattern of headache, from a postural to a permanent and increasing one. The diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties that this complication raises are discussed.
Berroir
Stéphane
S
Department of Neurology, Lariboisière Hospital, Fondation Ophtalmologique Adolphe-de-Rothschild, Paris, France. sberroir@chi-annemasse-bonneville.rss.fr
Grabli
David
D
Héran
Françoise
F
Bakouche
Pierre
P
Bousser
Marie-Germaine
MG
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019585:Intracranial Hypotension / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012851:Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology