Cerebral Venous Thrombosis Complicated by Intracranial
Hypotension

J Korean Neurol Assoc > Volume 30(4); 2012 > Article

Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 2012;30(4): 337-340.

대뇌정맥혈전증의 합병증으로 나타난 두개내압저하

김효정, 김재국 이은경 윤동주 이수주 이병희 유인규

을지대학교 의과대학 신경과학교실, 영상의학교실 a

Cerebral Venous Thrombosis Complicated by Intracranial Hypotension

Hyo Jeong Kim

Departments of Neurology, Radiology a , Eulji University Hospital, Eulji University School of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea

Abstract

Intracranial hypotension caused by cerebral venous thrombosis has rarely been reported. We report a patient with cerebral venous thrombosis with intracerebral hemorrhage complicated by intracranial hypotension. Initial manifestations were headache, drowsy mentality, generalized tonic-clonic seizure and left-sided weakness. The pattern of headache changed and typical orthostatic headache developed after anticoagulation following endovascular thrombolysis. If an orthostatic headache develops in patient with cerebral venous thrombosis, subsequent intracranial hypotension may be considered. Key Words: Cerebral venous thrombosis, Intracranial hypotension