title: Successful Treatment of Superior Sagittal Sinus Thrombosis. Direct Thrombolysis with Local Infusion of t-PA via Venography in the Acute Phase.
abstract: A 22-year-old pregnant women showed a rapid deterioration in her clinical condition. Superior sagittal sinus thrombosis was diagnosed, and direct transvenous infusion of t-PA into the superior sagittal sinus was performed. This treatment resulted in recanalization of the occluded superior sagittal sinus and in a dramatic improvement of neurological deficits.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Hakodate City Hospital; Hakodate, Japan.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Niwa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohyama
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mastumura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sasaki