Abstract
A 45 year-old patient presented with an epidermoid carcinoma of the tongue and cranial hypertension. MRI showed dural venous sinus occlusion, without infiltration or compression by a metastatic tumor. Anticoagulation led to recanalization of the occluded sinuses, as shown by the follow-up MRI, three months later. The pathophysiology of these rare paraneoplastic cerebral venous thrombosis is discussed.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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English Abstract
MeSH terms
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Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / complications*
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Heparin / therapeutic use
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Humans
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Paraneoplastic Syndromes*
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Pseudotumor Cerebri / diagnosis
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Pseudotumor Cerebri / etiology
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Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / diagnosis
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Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / drug therapy
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Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / etiology*
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Tongue Neoplasms / complications*