Cerebral Venous Thrombosis Treated with the Penumbra System
TM
and Various Neurointervention

J Korean Neurol Assoc > Volume 30(1); 2012 > Article

Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 2012;30(1): 49-53.

Penumbra시스템 TM 과 다양한 뇌혈관중재시술로 치료한 뇌정맥혈전증

최문희, 이진수 이선욱 홍지만 김선용 a

아주대학교 의과대학 신경과학교실, 영상의학과교실 a

Cerebral Venous Thrombosis Treated with the Penumbra System TM and Various Neurointervention

Moon Hee Choi

Departments of Neurology and Radiology a , Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea

Abstract

A 33-year-old male was admitted with severe headache lasting 3?days. He did not have a focal neurologic deficit, but had a high intracranial pressure of 512?mmH2 O. Cerebral angiography revealed venous sinus thrombosis that mainly involved the superior sagittal and right transverse sinuses. His headache remained severe after intravenous heparin infusion, and so interventional procedures were performed. Mechanical aspiration with the Penumbra system TM and other interventional procedures reopened the outflow of the superior sagittal sinus and effectively ameliorated this patient’s headache. Key Words: Sagittal sinus thrombosis, Thrombectomy, Thrombolytic therapy