title: Cerebral venous thrombosis: a retrospective multicentre study of 48 patients.
abstract: The objective was to describe the clinical features and management of cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) in non-selected centres. An observational study in 11 neurological departments in NW Italy was carried out from 1995 through 1999 on 38 female and 10 male patients. Mean age: 44.8 years, SD=14.3. Onset: acute in 21 patients (44%), subacute in 17 (35%) and chronic in 10 (21%). Most frequent onset: with focal deficits and/or seizures, followed by impaired consciousness or confusion, isolated headache, isolated intracranial hypertension and cavernous syndrome. No risk factor was found in 8 patients (17%). The superior sagittal sinus was involved in 27 patients (56%) and the transverse sinus in 29 (60%). Anticoagulants were used in 45 patients (94%). Rankin Scale score at discharge: 0 (27 patients), 1 (four), 2 (five), 3 (five), 4 (none), 5 (one) and six were dead. Thirteen patients had deep CVT: age, risk factors, neurological signs and outcome differed from cortical CVT (35 patients), although not significantly. Clinical features, risk factors and outcome of CVT patients from non-selected centres are similar to those from specialised centres.
authors.affiliation: Clinica Neurologica, Ospedale Maggiore della Carità, C. Mazzini 18, I-28100, Novara, Italy. terryela@libero.it
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Terazzi
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mittino
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rudà
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cerrato
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Monaco
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sciolla
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Grasso
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Leone
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002550:Cerebral Veins / Q000473:pathology*; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy