Advances in the clinical diagnosis and treatment of intracranial venous sinus thrombosis / 中国医师进修杂志

ABSTRACT

Intracranial venous sinus thrombosis is a special type of cerebral vascular disease. It usually originates from the later period of wasting disease, brain trauma, puerperium, blood disease, heart disease, eye/nasal/facial infection, meningitis and septicemia. It occurs in different age and sex. Infants, young children, frail elderly people, postpartum women, chronic disease patients are prone to be affected.Because of lacking of typical clinical manifestations, the clinical diagnosis and treatment of this disease is difficult and easily leading to misdiagnosis and mistreatment, which affects the prognosis of the patients.Because of lacking of standardized diagnosis and treatment strategy, different methods are needed. According to the proceeding reports, we reviewed the current progress of the diagnosis and treatment of intracranial venous sinus thrombosis.