title: Dural sinus thrombosis after minor head injury in a child.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Dural sinus thrombosis following minor head injury is rare. We report such a case in a child after mild head injury.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 4-year-old child presented with giddiness and vomiting after a fall. Clinical examination was unremarkable. Magnetic resonance venogram revealed thrombosis of the right sigmoid and transverse sinuses.
  
  
  METHODS
  The patient was managed conservatively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Repeat scans 10 weeks after injury showed recanalisation of the thrombosis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Dural sinus thrombosis should be excluded in children presenting with persistent giddiness and vomiting after minor head injury.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore. yuen_a@yahoo.com.sg
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Yuen
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Gan
authors.forename: W T
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Seow
authors.forename: H K K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Tan
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D010690:Phlebography; D012851:Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D015599:Trauma Severity Indices