Endovascular treatment of extensive cerebral sinus thrombosis.
Cerebral venous and sinus thrombosis is an uncommon but potentially lethal event. Although thrombosis accounts for only 1% of all strokes, if it is left untreated patients suffer from continuing headaches, vague neurological complaints, and may even progress to coma and death. New endovascular techniques and technology allow the possibility of more aggressive thrombolysis and thrombectomy in the setting of acute thrombosis. The authors present a case of recanalization of an extensive cerebral thrombosis using a new endovascular retrieval device.
Division of Neurosurgery, University of California San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, California 92103, USA. cbnewman@ucsd.edu
C Benjamin
CB
Newman
Ramin S
RS
Pakbaz
Andrew D
AD
Nguyen
Charles W
CW
Kerber
D000328:Adult; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D005260:Female; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D020767:Intracranial Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C087896:reteplase; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator