Venous Cerebral Infarction Due to Thrombosis of an Isolated Intraventricular Cerebral Varix: A Case Report

Isolated cerebral varix is described as a focal dilatation of a single vein.1 It is a rare clinical entity and typically found incidentally, but symptomatic cases with seizure, hemorrhage due to rupture, thrombosis with acute clinical deterioration, and mass effect on neighboring structures have been reported.2-5 It is generally located in the parenchyma or leptomeninges,4 and symptomatic intraventricular cerebral varix is extremely rare. We herein report a case of right hemiplegia and aphasia due to venous infarction caused by thrombosis of the intraventricular varix.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - Category: Neurology Authors: Tags: Case Report Source Type: research