title: Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis presenting with excessive subarachnoid hemorrhage in a 14-year-old boy.
abstract: Cerebral venous thrombosis presenting with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is very rare. We report a case of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis as an initial manifestation of SAH. A 14-year-old boy was admitted with progressive headache, nausea, vomiting, diplopia, and gait disturbance. Cerebral computed tomography scan showed a widely SAH in the basal cisterns, bilateral sylvian fissures, and anterior interhemispheric fissure. Cerebral angiography was performed to detect any aneurysm in intracranial vasculature as a cause of SAH; however, the totally thrombosed superior sagittal sinus, galenic vein, and straight sinus were the sole abnormal findings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, 34300, Istanbul, Turkey. iadaletli@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Ibrahim
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Adaletli
authors.forename: Akif
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sirikci
authors.forename: Batuhan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kara
authors.forename: Sebuh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kurugoglu
authors.forename: Harun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ozer
authors.forename: Metin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bayram
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012851:Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed