title: Acute subdural hematoma secondary to cerebral venous sinus thrombosis: Case report and review of literature.
abstract: Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis is a rare type of stroke primarily affecting young women. Diagnosis is generally delayed or overlooked due to a wide spectrum of clinical symptoms. Subdural hematoma secondary to cerebral venous sinus thrombosis is very rare. We report a case of 40-year-old female with cerebral venous sinus thrombosis who presented to us with an acute subdural hematoma and subarachnoid hemorrhage besides venous infarct. Management of such patients is complicated due to the rarity of the condition and contraindication for the use of anticoagulation. We conducted a thorough literature search through PubMed and could find only nine cases of spontaneous subdural hematoma secondary to cerebral venous sinus thrombosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India.
authors.forename: Hanish
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bansal
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India.
authors.forename: Ashwani
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chaudhary
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India.
authors.forename: Anuj
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mahajan
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India.
authors.forename: Birinder
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Paul
keywords: Prothrombotic; stroke; thrombosis