PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Fatehi, Farzad
AU  - Basiri, Keivan
AU  - Saadatnia, Mohammad
AU  - Koleini, Navid
TI  - Cerebral venous thrombosis associated with oligodendroglioma and pregnancy
DP  - 2009 Jul 01
TA  - Neurosciences Journal
PG  - 277--279
VI  - 14
IP  - 3
4099  - http://nsj.org.sa/content/14/3/277.short
4100  - http://nsj.org.sa/content/14/3/277.full
SO  - Neurosciences (Riyadh)2009 Jul 01; 14
AB  - Until now, cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) was principally an autopsy diagnosis; however, with the introduction of MRI and angiography, as well as enhanced clinical attentiveness, it is now reliably diagnosed during life. Herein, we describe a case of CVST accompanied by oligodendroglioma and pregnancy. In our patient, the following factors contributed to the formation of CVST: First, the pregnancy state, which is a known risk factor for developing venous thrombosis; and secondly, the oligodendroglioma could have changed the architecture of adjacent sinus (right lateral sinus) and provocation of the development of clot in the sinus.