Endovascular treatment of venous sinus thrombosis: a case report and review of the literature

J Neurointerv Surg. 2011 Mar;3(1):30-3. doi: 10.1136/jnis.2010.002469. Epub 2010 Oct 23.

Abstract

Dural venous sinus thrombosis (DVST) is a pathological phenomenon resulting from vascular occlusion of the cerebral venous sinuses. The mainstay of therapy for DVST is anticoagulation but more aggressive interventional therapies must be considered when medical therapy fails. A case is presented of a patient who was diagnosed with DVST, medically treated immediately but continued to deteriorate. Invasive endovascular therapies ultimately obliterated the thrombi in her sinuses. A brief review of the literature is reported.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cerebral Angiography
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / diagnostic imaging
  • Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / drug therapy*
  • Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / surgery*
  • Thrombectomy / methods
  • Thrombolytic Therapy / methods*
  • Tissue Plasminogen Activator / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Tissue Plasminogen Activator