title: Developmental venous anomaly with symptomatic thrombosis of the draining vein.
abstract: Developmental venous anomalies (DVAs) are generally considered a benign and asymptomatic finding on CT and MR imaging. The authors report 2 cases of spontaneous thrombosis of the draining vein of a DVA depicted on CT and MR imaging. One patient presented with a nonhemorrhagic transient ischemia, which was successfully treated with anticoagulant therapy. The second patient presented with ischemia complicated by hemorrhagic conversion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Walsh
authors.forename: Hemant
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Parmar
authors.forename: Suresh K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Mukherji
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mamourian
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000188:drug therapy; D002550:Cerebral Veins / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000188:drug therapy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants