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Successful Treatment of Superior Sagittal Sinus Thrombosis

Jun Niwa, Hiroshi Ohyama, S. Mastumura, Takeshi Sasaki

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SUMMARY: A 22-year-old pregnant women showed a rapid deterioration in her clinical condition. Superior sagittal sinus thrombosis was diagnosed, and direct transvenous infusion of t-PA into the superior sagittal sinus was performed. This treatment resulted in recanalization of the occluded superior sagittal sinus and in a dramatic improvement of neurological deficits.

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SUMMARY: A 22-year-old pregnant women showed a rapid deterioration in her clinical condition. Superior sagittal sinus thrombosis was diagnosed, and direct transvenous infusion of t-PA into the superior sagittal sinus was performed. This treatment resulted in recanalization of the occluded superior sagittal sinus and in a dramatic improvement of neurological deficits.

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SUMMARY: A 22-year-old pregnant women showed a rapid deterioration in her clinical condition. Superior sagittal sinus thrombosis was diagnosed, and direct transvenous infusion of t-PA into the superior sagittal sinus was performed. This treatment resulted in recanalization of the occluded superior sagittal sinus and in a dramatic improvement of neurological deficits.

Key concepts: Superior sagittal sinus, Medicine, Sagittal plane, Thrombosis, Sinus (botany), Surgery, Radiology, Botany

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