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Intracranial Hypotension Syndrome with Cortical Venous Thrombosis: A Rare Case
A married woman aged 31 years who was a vegetarian presented with symptoms of fever with orthostatic throbbing headache, which she had for 7 days. Lumber puncture with manometry showed a low pressure of 40 mmH2O.
Deepak Jain, Ashima Mittal
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Venous infarction mimicking a neoplasm in spontaneous intracranial hypotension: an unusual cause of Parinaud's syndrome [PDF]
We present a case of longstanding, undiagnosed spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH) with an acute presentation of Parinaud's syndrome, in whom serial imaging demonstrated development of a midbrain mass.
Bray, T +5 more
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Lemierre's Syndrome Caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae: Case Report and Review of the Literature
Axial contrast‐enhanced chest CT demonstrating multiple peripheral cavitary nodules and consolidations, predominantly in the right lower lobe, consistent with septic pulmonary emboli (arrows). ABSTRACT Klebsiella pneumoniae is an uncommon but increasingly recognized cause of Lemierre's syndrome, a condition classically associated with Fusobacterium ...
Abril Aguilar Guerrero +1 more
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Extensive cerebral venous thrombosis in late puerperium: a case report
Introduction: Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) is characterized by partial or complete occlusion of dural venous sinuses or cortical cerebral veins. It is more common in women, likely due to associations with oral contraceptive use, pregnancy and the ...
Marina Siqueira Teixeira +1 more
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Cerebral Sinus Thrombosis and Periorbital Bruising
Two patients, females aged 24 and 25 years, with raised intracranial pressure and dural venous sinus thrombosis, who presented with periorbital bruising, are reported from Moorfields Eye Hospital, and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery,
J Gordon Millichap
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Hemodialysis graft-induced intracranial hypertension [PDF]
Intracranial hypertension is rarely associated with peripheral hemodialysis shunts, presumably in association with central venous stenosis.1,2 Hemodialysis Reliable Outflow (HeRO) grafts (CryoLife, Inc., Kennesaw, GA) are designed to bypass preexisting ...
Biousse, Valérie, Mackay, Devin D.
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Management of a decompensated acute-on-chronic intracranial venous sinus thrombosis [PDF]
A 34-year-old female patient presented during the 10th week of her second gravidity with headache, nausea and vomiting 2 weeks before admission. Her medical history was remarkable for a heterozygous factor V Leiden mutation, elevated lipoprotein A, and a cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) after oral contraceptive intake 15 years before.
Carmen Serna Candel +5 more
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Meningococcal Serogroup Y Meningitis Reveals Inborn Factor B Deficiency
We report a novel case of complete complement Factor B deficiency revealed by invasive meningococcal disease. Using combined functional and genetic analyses, we demonstrate that loss of Factor B abolishes alternative pathway activity despite detectable protein levels. These findings provide a mechanistic framework relevant to complement diagnostics and
Camille Bougeard +9 more
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Dural sinus thrombosis - A rare manifestation of internal jugular venous occlusion
The dural sinus thrombosis is an uncommon complication of a commonly done procedure of central venous catheterisation. We present a case of massive hemorrhagic venous infarct with gross cerebral edema due to dural sinus thrombosis along with right ...
Pooja Binnani +2 more
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Presumed idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is a disorder of elevated intracranial pressure with unknown etiology, and 10% of cases occur secondarily to cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST).
Kiok Jin, Ji Eun Park, Jeong Hyun Lee
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