title: Recurrent syncope due to refractory cerebral venous sinus thrombosis and transient elevations of intracranial pressure.
abstract: Chronic paroxysmal intracranial hypertension leading to syncope is a phenomenon not reported previously in patients with refractory cerebral venous sinus thrombosis. We report a case of paroxysmal intracranial hypertension leading to syncopal episodes in a patient with idiopathic autoimmune hemolytic anemia and venous sinus thrombosis. This case demonstrates that intermittent elevations in intracranial pressure can lead to syncope in patients with venous sinus thrombosis and emphasizes the importance of considering this potentially treatable etiology of syncopal episodes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Larimer
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: McDermott
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors.forename: T T
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Shih
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA ; Department of Neurology, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, USA.
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Poisson
keywords: Lundberg A wave; autoimmune hemolytic anemia; cerebral venous sinus thrombosis; intracranial hypertension