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AI InsightIn this article, a patient who had a headache for 10 days and was first thought to have a thalamic tumor MRI but was found to have thrombosis in the internal cerebral veins as a result of detailed radiological examinations.
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Abstract
Cerebral venous thrombosis is a rare disease that can lead to morbidity and mortality. It can be seen in all age groups, most commonly between the ages of 30-40. Cerebral venous thrombosis patients may present with various clinical findings including headache, nausea, papilledema and less commonly seizures, encephalopathy, intracranial hemorrhage, multiple cranial nerve involvements. Variable presentation of patients creates difficulties in diagnosis. In this article, a patient who had a headache for 10 days and was first thought to have a thalamic tumor MRI but was found to have thrombosis in the internal cerebral veins as a result of detailed radiological examinations.
Özet
Serebral venöz tromboz, morbidite ve mortaliteye yol açabilen nadir bir hastalıktır. En sık 30-40 yaş arası olmak üzere tüm yaş gruplarında görülebilir. Serebral venöz tromboz hastaları sıklıkla baş ağrısı, bulantı, papilödem daha nadir olarak nöbet, ensefalopati, intrakraniyal kanama, multipl kranial sinir tutulumlarını içeren çeşitli klinik bulgularla başvurabilir. Serebral venöz tromboz hastalarının değişken prezentasyonu tanıda zorluklar ortaya çıkarmaktadır. Bu yazıda 10 gündür baş ağrısı şikâyeti olan ve MR görüntülemelerinde ilk olarak talamik kitle olduğu düşünülen ancak ayrıntılı radyolojik incelemeler sonucu internal serebral venlerde tromboz saptanan bir olgu sunulmuştur.