Two cases of maternal mortality in sinus thrombosis in low risk cases

Introduction: A venous sinus thrombosis is a thrombotic occlusion of the cerebral venous drainage. Patients present with unspecific symptoms such as headache, vision disturbances, or altered consciousness. Complications include intracerebral bleeding and/or increased intracranial pressure leading to poor neurological outcome. Besides clotting disorders, pregnancy and puerperium constitute risk factors for this rare condition. Roughly 0.004 –0.01% of pregnancies are complicated by cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST).

Source: European Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology - February 19, 2019 Category: OBGYN Authors: Annemarie Neuhoff, Lukas Jennewein, Frank Louwen, Doerthe Brueggmann Tags: Session 18 – Complications and cases gone wrong Source Type: research