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Endovascular stenting of the transverse sinus in a patient presenting with benign intracranial hypertension

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Anil Gholkar OBE, Emeritus Professor David Mendelow

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Abstract

The authors present a 37-year-old lady with symptoms and signs suggestive of benign intracranial hypertension (BIH). Routine CT and MRI scans were normal. Further investigations were performed with magnetic resonance venography (MRV) and cerebral venography. These revealed obstruction of the right transverse sinus with high pressure (40 mmHg) proximal to the obstruction and low pressure (15 mmHg) distally. She was treated by transvenous stent deployment with resolution of her symptoms and the bilateral papilloedema. Evaluation of the cerebral venous system with MRV and or with formal cerebral venography should be included in routine investigations of patients with suspected BIH.

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Author(s): Ogungbo B, Roy D, Gholkar A, Mendelow AD

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: British Journal of Neurosurgery

Year: 2003

Volume: 17

Issue: 6

Pages: 565-568

ISSN (print): 0268-8697

ISSN (electronic): 1360-046X

Publisher: Informa Healthcare

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02688690310001627821

DOI: 10.1080/02688690310001627821

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