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. 2015 Jul;71(Suppl 1):S39-42.
doi: 10.1016/j.mjafi.2013.02.010. Epub 2013 May 10.

Cerebral sinovenous thrombosis in a child with homocystinuria

J N Goswami  1 , T V S P Murthy  2 , Daljit Singh  3 , Vikas Raj  4
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Cerebral sinovenous thrombosis in a child with homocystinuria

J N Goswami et al. Med J Armed Forces India. 2015 Jul.
No abstract available

Keywords: Cerebral sinovenous thrombosis; Homocystinuria; Paediatric.

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Photograph showing hyper-pigmentation over the dorsa of fingers.
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CT Scan brain showing thrombosis of the superior sagittal sinus.
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CECT brain showing the enhancing dura around the thrombosed superior sagittal sinus, the “empty delta sign”(white arrow). Multiple hypodense (black arrows) are noted involving the centrum semiovale on left side.
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MRI sagittal FLAIR image of brain which reveals irregular and expansile hyperintense thrombus (black arrow) in the superior sagittal sinus and an ill defined hypointensity (white arrow) in the superficial part of the frontal lobe, consistent with venous infarct.
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