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Case Reports
. 2010 Jan;3(1):73-5.
doi: 10.4103/0974-2700.58658.

Traumatic dural sinus thrombosis causing persistent headache in a child

Bhavana Lakhkar  1 , Bhushan Lakhkar, Brij Raj Singh, Amit Agrawal
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Case Reports

Traumatic dural sinus thrombosis causing persistent headache in a child

Bhavana Lakhkar et al. J Emerg Trauma Shock. 2010 Jan.

Abstract

Dural venous sinus thrombosis following a mild head injury is increasingly recognized. We report case of a 9-year-old male child presented with progressive headache and vomiting following a minor fall. A diagnosis of sinus venous thrombosis was suspected on nonenhancing computed tomography, and that was confirmed with magnetic resonance venography. The child was managed with intravenous fluids, anticoagulation (injection heparin followed by oral anticoagulants-tab coumarin), antiedema measures (mannitol), and antiepileptics (phenytoin) with good outcome.

Keywords: Head injury; lateral sinus; sigmoid sinus; sinus thrombosis.

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Conflict of Interest: None declared.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
CT scan (a–d) showing hyperdense area in the region of right sigmoid sinus and sutural diastases of right lambdoid suture (arrow in D).
Figure 2
Figure 2
MRI T1W image showing iso- to hyperintense area in the region of right sigmoid sinus (arrow)
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Figure 3
MRI T2W image (a–d) showing hyperintense area in the region of right sigmoid sinus
Figure 4
Figure 4
MR venogram (a–c) showing nonvisualization of the right transverse and sigmoid sinus (arrow in B)
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