title: Cerebral sinovenous thrombosis in a patient with transient eosinophilia.
abstract: A 67-year-old man with a history of prostatic hypertrophy developed behavioral anomalies and a fever. At admission, diffusion-weighted brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) indicated a high-intensity signal lesion on both sides of the cerebral hemisphere. Immediately after hospitalization, he developed paralysis of the left side of the body. Diffusion-weighted MRI indicated hemorrhagic changes in the right and left parietal lobes and right occipital lobe. Magnetic resonance venography indicated superior sagittal sinus occlusion. The blood test results indicated transient eosinophilia. Cases of thrombosis with idiopathic eosinophilia have been reported, but this is the first known case of cerebral sinus thrombosis with transient eosinophilic leukocytosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroyasu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sano
authors.forename: Takuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fukuoka
authors.forename: Hajime
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Maruyama
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Norio
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tanahashi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008297:Male; D012851:Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*