title: The etiologies of new cases of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis reported in the past year.
abstract: Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) is an uncommon but life-threatening stroke subtype with extremely diverse clinical features, predisposing factors, brain imaging findings, and outcomes. Its predominant etiologies were known to be otomastoid, orbit, and central face cutaneous infections, pregnancy and complications associated with the postpartum period, and oral contraceptives. In recent years, however, infections have accounted for fewer cases while oral contraceptives, pregnancy and complications associated with the postpartum period, tumors, and coagulopathies have accounted for more cases of CVST. These conditions have become the predominant risk factors for CVST, but uncommon etiologies have also emerged. This review focuses on the new etiologies of CVST cases reported this year to broaden perspectives on the etiologies of CVST.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Beijing Shijitan Hospital affiliated Capital Medical University, The Ninth Clinical Medical College of Peking University, Beijing, China; ; Department of Neurosurgery, Cerebral Vascular Diseases Research Institute (China-America Joint Institute of Neuroscience), Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Key Lab of Neurodegenerative Diseases of Ministry of Education, Beijing, China; ; Deepartment of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA;
authors.forename: Ran
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Cerebral Vascular Diseases Research Institute (China-America Joint Institute of Neuroscience), Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Key Lab of Neurodegenerative Diseases of Ministry of Education, Beijing, China;
authors.forename: Xunming
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.affiliation: Deepartment of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA;
authors.forename: Xiaoying
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Cerebral Vascular Diseases Research Institute (China-America Joint Institute of Neuroscience), Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Key Lab of Neurodegenerative Diseases of Ministry of Education, Beijing, China; ; Department of Neurosurgery, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA.
authors.forename: Yuchuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ding
keywords: Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis; etiology