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1 Early Diagnosis of a Cerebral Ve n o u s Thrombosis in the Emergency Department Ji Yun Ahn, M.D., Kyoung Soo Lim, M.D., Jae Ho Lee, M.D., Hui Dong Kang, M.D., Bum Jin Oh, M.D., Won Kim, M.D. P u r p o s e: Early diagnosis and heparin therapy have contributed to a decreased mortality in patients with a cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT). The aim of this study is to evaluate the clinical and the radiologic features of a CVT and to develop an algorithm for diagnosis and treatment. M e t h o d s: Twenty (20) patients who were diagnosed at Asan Medical Center from 1997 to June 2004 as having a CVT were included in this study. The data in their medical records, including clinical features, predisposing factors, and diagnostic modalities, were reviewed. The cranial computed tomography findings of a CVT were investigated in 18 patients. R e s u l t s: Headache was the most common symptom, followed by seizure and focal neurologic deficits. Initially, 14 patients were misdiagnosed by the emergency physician as having another neurologic disease, though 5 patients had pathognomic CT signs of a CVT. CT signs, such as cord signs and empty delta signs, were present in 10 cases. Among them, the cord sign was positive in eight (8) cases (44.4%), the empty delta sign was positive in six (6) cases (46.2%), and both signs were positive in four (4) cases. The presence of CT signs correlated with the presence of seizure at onset, and the Modified Rankin Scale (MRS) was or 2 at discharge (p<0.05). Parenchymal changes correlated with headache at discharge (p<0.05). C o n c l u s i o n: Emergency physicians should consider CVT and look for pathognomic signs of a CVT when patients complain of sub-acute headaches or when the clinical features do not correlate with the neuroimage findings. Key Words: Cerebral venous thrombosis, Neuroimaging, Cord sign, Empty delta sign Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.

M e t h o d s: Twenty (20) patients who were diagnosed at Asan Medical Center from 1997 to June 2004 as having a CVT were included in this study.

2 606 / Table 1. Modified Rankin scale (MRS) Score Description 0 No symptoms at all 1 No significant disability despite symptoms; able to carry out all usual duties and activities 2 Slight disability; unable to carry out all previous activities, but able to look after own affairs without assistance 3 Moderate disability; requiring some help, but able to walk without assistance 4 Moderately severe disability; unable to walk without assistance and unable to attend to own bodily needs without assistance 5 Severe disability; bedridden, incontinent and requiring constant nursing care and attention 6 Dead

and activities 2 Slight disability; unable to carry out all previous activities, but able to look after own affairs without assistance 3 Moderate

3 607 Table 2. Baseline characteristics of the patients number (n) percent (%) Demographic data Age (years) Length of stay (days) Door to drug* (hours) Female Main symptoms on ER admission Headache Seizures Focal neurologic deficit Visual symptoms Impaired consciousness(gcs 13) Cognitive dysfunction * drug: anticoagulants or thrombolytics, GCS: Glasgow Coma Scale Table 3. The clinical features and predisposing factors Case Age Sex Chief complaints Predisposing factor & underlying disease 1 47 F General weakness Dehydration, Cushing syndrome 2 21 M Seizure Brain tumor(pineal gland germinoma) 3 42 F Seizure Idiopathic 4 85 F Seizure Chronic otitis media, diabetes mellitus 5 5 M Aphasia Valvular heart disease 6 33 M Fever Behcet s disease, pneumonia 7 43 F Seizure Idiopathic 8 36 F Seizure Primary antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, pregnancy 9 51 F Dizziness Anemia, HRTx* (due to adenomyosis) M Diplopia Sepsis F Headache Oral contraceptive ingestion F Memory dysfunction Idiopathic F Seizure Protein C and S deficiency, pregnancy F Headache Hormone replacement therapy M Headache Dehydration F Seizure Anti-thrombin deficiency, pregnancy M Fever Systemic lupus erythematosus 18 9 F Seizure Optic chiasm germinoma, dehydration F Headache Chronic sinusitis M Seizure Anemia * HRTx = hormone replacement therapy

0 * drug: anticoagulants or thrombolytics, GCS: Glasgow Coma Scale Table 3.

4 608 / Table 4. Initial CT findings Initial CT finding number percent Pathognomic sign on CT* Cord sign, only Empty delta sign, only Cord and Empty delta sign Absent Parenchymal change on CT Infarction, only Hemorrhage, only Hemorrhage and infarction No parenchymal lesion * CT = computed tomography Table 5. The CT findings and initial impression Case pathognomic signs parenchymal changes Initial impression cord sign empty delta Hemorrhage Infarction CVT 2 - N* + + Hemorrhage SDH, CVT 4 + N - - Encephalitis Brain tumor Neurobehcet SAH CVT 9 + N - - Wernicke disease CVT 11 - N + + Hemorrhage 12 + N - - EDH or SDH CVT Brain tumor 15 CT scan was not taken initially Pseudotumor cerebri 16 - N - + Brain tumor 17 CT scan was not taken initially SLE flare-up SAH or CVT Chronic sinusits SAH * N = As CT was not enhanced, empty delta sign could not be evaluated, CVT = cerebral venous thrombosis, SDH = subdural hematoma, SAH = subarachnoid hemorrhage, EDH = epidural hematoma

The CT findings and initial impression Case pathognomic signs parenchymal changes Initial impression cord sign empty delta Hemorrhage Infarction 1 + - + - CVT 2 - N* + + Hemorrhage 3 + + + - SDH, CVT

5 609 A Fig. 1. Pathognomic signs of cerebral venous thrombosis. (A) Cord sign. Pre-enhanced cranial computed tomography(ct) scan demonstrates the cord sign (arrow) as dense thrombus in superior sagittal sinus. (B) Empty delta sign. Contrastenhanced cranial CT scan shows empty delta sign (arrow head) which consists of a triangular area of enhancement or high attenuation with a relatively low-attenuating center on multiple contiguous transverse CT images obtained in the region of the superior sagittal sinus. B

6 610 / Fig. 3. Transfemoral cerebral angiography shows lack of flow in the right transverse and sigmoid sinus(arrows) compared to left sinus. A B Fig. 2. Magnetic resonance image(mri) with venography(mrv) (A) MRI can direct visualize the thrombus(arrow head). (B) MRV shows abnormal signal of right sigmoid sinus(arrows).

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