Severe bilateral visual loss as the presenting sign of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis: Case report;Perda visual bilateral grave como sinal de apresentação de trombose de seio venoso cerebral: Relato de caso

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 533-537

  Cunha, Leonardo Provetti ^a,b   Gonçalves, Allan Christian P ^a   Moura, Frederico Castelo ^a   Ribeiro Monteiro, Mário Luiz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Universidade de São Paulo ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Case report; Intracranial pressure; Intracranial complications; Papilledema; Pseudotumor cerebri etiology; Sinus thrombosis; Thrombocytosis complications; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; BRAIN VEIN; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHLEBOGRAPHY; SINUS VENOSUS; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 29244448283     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-27492005000400020     Document Type: Article

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