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Acta Neurológica Colombiana

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ZAMORA, Adrián; BASTOS, Victor Hugo; MARQUEZ, Juan Camilo  and  ZULETA, Jessica. Bilateral thalamic stroke due to cerebral vein thrombosis: endovascular treatment, case report. Acta Neurol Colomb. [online]. 2017, vol.33, n.4, pp.279-285. ISSN 0120-8748.  https://doi.org/10.22379/24224022168.

Thrombosis of the dural sinus and/or cerebral veins (CVT) is a rare but potentially devastating type of stroke that tends to occur in young adults, especially women. CVT represents about 0.5% of all strokes and can be challenging to diagnose because headache, rather than focal neurologic symptoms, is the prominent feature. However, some patients (especially those with deep cerebral venous occlusion) may present with bilateral thalamic or basal infarction and often will have decreased level of consciousness and rapid neurologic deterioration. The diagnosis of CVT is confirmed with MRI and magnetic resonance venogram (MRV). The mainstay of acute management is anticoagulation. However, some patients do not respond to medical therapy and these might benefit from endovascular mechanical thrombectomy. We present the case of a 29 year old female patient with bilateral thalamic and gangliobasal ischemia secondary to CVT, who was treated with anticoagulation and endovascular mechanical thombectomy.

Keywords : Intracranial sinus thrombosis; intracranial thrombosis; thalamus; warfarin; heparin; thrombectomy (MeSH).

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