Cerebral Developmental Venous Anomaly- Preventing stroke in acute sinus thrombosis?

A 14 year old boy with no significant medical history presented with progressively worsening headache for 3 weeks, followed by acute encephalopathy and signs of raised intracranial pressure (ICP) including hypertension and bradycardia. CT head showed a large right transverse/sigmoid sinus thrombus and obstructive hydrocephalus. He underwent an urgent external ventricular drain placement.MRI demonstrated a large right transverse/sigmoid sinus thrombus, large bilateral cerebellar developmental venous anomalies (DVAs) and obstructive hydrocephalus.
Source: Pediatric Neurology - Category: Neurology Authors: Tags: Visual Diagnosis Source Type: research