Paraneoplastic cerebral venous thrombosis
Ellie, E.; Becouarn, Y.; Brunet, R.; Gonday, G.; Julien, J.
Revue Neurologique (Paris) 149(4): 297-299
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0035-3787 PMID: 8235231 Document Number: 421707
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.