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Review
. 2018 Jan 30:10:2.
doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2018.00002. eCollection 2018.

Diagnosis and Treatment of Cerebral Venous Thrombosis: A Review

Yaxi Luo  1 , Xin Tian  1 , Xuefeng Wang  1   2
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Review

Diagnosis and Treatment of Cerebral Venous Thrombosis: A Review

Yaxi Luo et al. Front Aging Neurosci. .

Abstract

Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT), also called cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST), is a cerebrovascular disease with diverse clinical manifestations that often affects young adults, women of childbearing age, and children. It's most common clinical manifestations are headache, seizures, altered consciousness, and neurological focal signs on physical examination. CVT can manifest as a single symptom, or it can present as a syndrome consisting of multiple symptoms. This non-specific clinical picture makes diagnosing CVT difficult. Although the mortality rate of CVT has been significantly reduced by improvements in treatment and diagnostic techniques, the mortality rate of severe CVT remains as high as 34.2%. Survivors of this type of CVT have varying degrees of residual symptoms and are not able to return to their previous work. Hence, we performed a comprehensive literature search in the PubMed, EMBASE, and Medline databases to review the diagnosis and treatment of CVT.

Keywords: cerebral venous thrombosis; clinical manifestation; diagnosis; prognosis; treatment.

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Flowchart of the article search. N, number of studies.
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