title: Cerebral sinus venous thrombosis in two patients with spontaneous intracranial hypotension.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Lariboisière Hospital, Fondation Ophtalmologique Adolphe-de-Rothschild, Paris, France. sberroir@chi-annemasse-bonneville.rss.fr
authors.forename: Stéphane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Berroir
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Grabli
authors.forename: Françoise
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Héran
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bakouche
authors.forename: Marie-Germaine
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Bousser
mesh_terms: 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