title: Thrombus in Transit: A Potentially Life-threatening Complication of Cerebral Sinus Thrombosis.
abstract: We report the case of a 41-year-old, 7-weeks-pregnant patient, presenting with headache and generalized seizure due to cerebral venous thrombosis complicated by jugular thrombosis and thrombus dislocation into right cardiac cavities. The patient was treated with intravenous heparin, and underwent embolectomy in extracorporeal circulation. This case illustrates the variability of cerebral venous thrombosis progression and a potentially life-threatening condition even during anticoagulant therapy.
authors.affiliation: *Dipartimento di Geriatria, Neuroscienze e Ortopedia, Area di Clinica Neurologica, Stroke Unit †Institute of Radiology ‡Institute of Cardiology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart-Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Martina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Petracca
authors.forename: Rosalinda
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Calandrelli
authors.forename: Aldobrando
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Broccolini
authors.forename: Pietro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Caliandro
authors.forename: Giacomo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Della Marca
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Frisullo
authors.forename: Roberta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Morosetti
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Profice
authors.forename: Priscilla
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lamendola
authors.forename: Faustino
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pennestrì
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pilato
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D012851:Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy