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| Year : 2013 | Volume
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| Issue : 5 | Page : 526 |
Internal jugular, subclavian and brachiocephalic vein thrombosis associated with cerebral venous sinus thrombosis
Girish Baburao Kulkarni, Veerendrakumar Mustare, Vinod Varghese
Department of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
| Date of Submission | 21-Aug-2013 |
| Date of Decision | 06-Sep-2013 |
| Date of Acceptance | 13-Oct-2013 |
| Date of Web Publication | 22-Nov-2013 |
Correspondence Address:
Girish Baburao Kulkarni
Department of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.121935
How to cite this article:
Kulkarni GB, Mustare V, Varghese V. Internal jugular, subclavian and brachiocephalic vein thrombosis associated with cerebral venous sinus thrombosis. Neurol India 2013;61:526 |
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Kulkarni GB, Mustare V, Varghese V. Internal jugular, subclavian and brachiocephalic vein thrombosis associated with cerebral venous sinus thrombosis. Neurol India [serial online] 2013 [cited 2023 Dec 6];61:526. Available from: https://www.neurologyindia.com/text.asp?2013/61/5/526/121935 |
Sir,
A 23-year-old lady presented on day-12 of postpartum with 3 days history of headache and two episodes of generalized tonic-clonic seizures. Examination revealed bilateral papilledema and mild left-sided hemiparesis. Magnetic resonance imaging and venography showed [Figure 1] extensive thrombosis of superior sagital, bilateral lateral, and straight sinus with right thalamic hyperintensities. She was treated with anticoagulation and anti epileptics and supportive measures. Investigations showed low hemoglobin and hyperhomocysteinemia as risk factors apart from puerperal state. On day-10 of admission, she developed left-sided neck pain and swelling of left upper limb. Computerized tomographic venography [Figure 2] showed thrombosis of left internal jugular (IJV), subclavian (SV), and brachiocephalic veins (BV). She improved with optimization of anticoagulation treatment over the next 10 days.  | Figure 1: Magnetic resonance imaging of brain T1 axial section (a), T2 sagital section (b) and magnetic resonance venography (c) showing thrombosis of superior sagital bilateral lateral sinus and straight sinus
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 | Figure 2: Computerised tomographic venography coronal (a,b) and axial (c,d) showing thrombosis of internal jugular, subclavian, and brachiocephalic veins on left side
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Though there are few reports of IJV thrombosis with cerebral venous thrombosis [1],[2] ; however, involvement of simultaneous three veins (IJV, SV, and BV) has not been reported earlier as per our knowledge.
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