Contralateral Hypoplastic Venous Draining Sinuses Are Associated with Elevated Intracranial Pressure in Unilateral Cerebral Sinovenous Thrombosis.

ABSTRACT: Variations in cerebral venous development can influence the ability to regulate drainage. In cerebral sinovenous thrombosis, these variations can be associated with elevated intracranial pressure. We present a series of pediatric patients with unilateral cerebral sinovenous thrombosis and investigate whether the contralateral venous sinus size increases the risk of developing elevated intracranial pressure. Patients diagnosed with a unilateral cerebral sinovenous thrombosis were identified by querying our institutional radiology data base. The difference in the occurrence of elevated intracranial pressure in patients with cerebral sinovenous thrombosis with and without hypoplastic venous sinuses was studied. Twelve cases of unilateral cerebral sinovenous thrombosis met the inclusion criter

SUBMITTER: Farias-Moeller R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7963867 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature