Review

A rare stroke: Cerebral Venous-Sinus Thrombosis; A Case Series Analysis Presented to Emergency Department and Review of the Literature

Volume: 12 Number: 2 May 17, 2022
  • Selahattin Gürü *
  • Begüm Üzer
  • Hüseyin Avni Demir
  • Sezer Eşfer
  • Mehmet Akif Karamercan
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A rare stroke: Cerebral Venous-Sinus Thrombosis; A Case Series Analysis Presented to Emergency Department and Review of the Literature

Abstract

ABSTRACT Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) is a rare but acute and life-threatening disease. In this study, we present a case series of 10 patients with CSVT diagnosed in the emergency department of a tertiary hospital. Demographic characteristics, CVST etiologies, diagnostic characteristics in their history, radiological signs and prognosis were recorded during their hospitalization. The median age of the patients was 32 years. Half of the patients were women. It was known that three patients had otitis media, and the other three patients had pregnancy, puerperium and hormonal contraceptives. One patient had chronic inflammatory disease and one patient had idiopathic thrombosis. All but one of the patients had headache. The diagnostic tool was magnetic resonance venography and all patients had transverse sinus occlusion. All patients received anticoagulant treatment in the neurology department, 9 patients were discharged with good recovery, 1 patient died. Emergency clinicians should be more careful, especially in young patients and patients with thrombotic risk factors. Hormonal contraceptives are a major preventable risk factor. However, pregnancy and the postpartum period are thrombotic risk factors on their own. Intracranial infections such as otitis media may spread and cause cerebral vein thrombosis. Magnetic resonance venography is the most successful diagnostic tool for SSVT.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Clinical Sciences

Journal Section

Review

Authors

Selahattin Gürü * This is me
0000-0002-0299-1691
Türkiye

Hüseyin Avni Demir This is me
0000-0003-2891-9345
Türkiye

Mehmet Akif Karamercan This is me
0000-0002-3895-7989
Türkiye

Publication Date

May 17, 2022

Submission Date

November 10, 2021

Acceptance Date

March 4, 2022

Published in Issue

Year 2022 Volume: 12 Number: 2

APA
Gürü, S., Üzer, B., Demir, H. A., Eşfer, S., & Karamercan, M. A. (2022). A rare stroke: Cerebral Venous-Sinus Thrombosis; A Case Series Analysis Presented to Emergency Department and Review of the Literature. Value in Health Sciences, 12(2), 372-377. https://doi.org/10.33631/sabd.1115791
AMA
1.Gürü S, Üzer B, Demir HA, Eşfer S, Karamercan MA. A rare stroke: Cerebral Venous-Sinus Thrombosis; A Case Series Analysis Presented to Emergency Department and Review of the Literature. VHS. 2022;12(2):372-377. doi:10.33631/sabd.1115791
Chicago
Gürü, Selahattin, Begüm Üzer, Hüseyin Avni Demir, Sezer Eşfer, and Mehmet Akif Karamercan. 2022. “A Rare Stroke: Cerebral Venous-Sinus Thrombosis; A Case Series Analysis Presented to Emergency Department and Review of the Literature”. Value in Health Sciences 12 (2): 372-77. https://doi.org/10.33631/sabd.1115791.
EndNote
Gürü S, Üzer B, Demir HA, Eşfer S, Karamercan MA (May 1, 2022) A rare stroke: Cerebral Venous-Sinus Thrombosis; A Case Series Analysis Presented to Emergency Department and Review of the Literature. Value in Health Sciences 12 2 372–377.
IEEE
[1]S. Gürü, B. Üzer, H. A. Demir, S. Eşfer, and M. A. Karamercan, “A rare stroke: Cerebral Venous-Sinus Thrombosis; A Case Series Analysis Presented to Emergency Department and Review of the Literature”, VHS, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 372–377, May 2022, doi: 10.33631/sabd.1115791.
ISNAD
Gürü, Selahattin - Üzer, Begüm - Demir, Hüseyin Avni - Eşfer, Sezer - Karamercan, Mehmet Akif. “A Rare Stroke: Cerebral Venous-Sinus Thrombosis; A Case Series Analysis Presented to Emergency Department and Review of the Literature”. Value in Health Sciences 12/2 (May 1, 2022): 372-377. https://doi.org/10.33631/sabd.1115791.
JAMA
1.Gürü S, Üzer B, Demir HA, Eşfer S, Karamercan MA. A rare stroke: Cerebral Venous-Sinus Thrombosis; A Case Series Analysis Presented to Emergency Department and Review of the Literature. VHS. 2022;12:372–377.
MLA
Gürü, Selahattin, et al. “A Rare Stroke: Cerebral Venous-Sinus Thrombosis; A Case Series Analysis Presented to Emergency Department and Review of the Literature”. Value in Health Sciences, vol. 12, no. 2, May 2022, pp. 372-7, doi:10.33631/sabd.1115791.
Vancouver
1.Selahattin Gürü, Begüm Üzer, Hüseyin Avni Demir, Sezer Eşfer, Mehmet Akif Karamercan. A rare stroke: Cerebral Venous-Sinus Thrombosis; A Case Series Analysis Presented to Emergency Department and Review of the Literature. VHS. 2022 May 1;12(2):372-7. doi:10.33631/sabd.1115791