title: Acute posttraumatic pediatric cerebral venous thrombosis: Case report and review of literature.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Pediatric cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) is a common sequelae of infection, coagulopathies, and dehydration in the pediatric population. Acute posttraumatic CVT is an uncommon etiology of pediatric CVT that presents a unique management challenge. There are no established guidelines outlining the treatment of this small subset of patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  We present a case of a 12-year-old boy with posttraumatic CVT who was safely treated with anticoagulation therapy, and had resolution of his symptoms and radiographic improvement within 3 days of therapy. The relevant literature is reviewed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Anticoagulation therapy may be safely used in the treatment of acute posttraumatic CVT in pediatric patients, and may reduce the incidence of clot propagation, hospitalization time, and cost of treatment.
authors.affiliation: University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ 85004, USA.
authors.forename: Al-Wala
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Awad
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ 85004, USA.
authors.forename: Ratan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bhardwaj
keywords: Anticoagulation; cerebral venous thrombosis; head trauma; pediatric; sigmoid sinus thrombosis; trauma