Evaluation of the Etiological and Clinical Characteristics of Patients with Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis

INTRODUCTION: Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) is a stroke subtype that can be observed among all age groups, but often affects young adults. CVST is less common than cerebrovascular occlusive diseases and accounts for 0.5-1% of all strokes. This study aimed to evaluate the demographic characteristics, clinical symptoms, first-line neurological examination results, etiological factors, treatments and cerebral imaging features of patients with definitive CVST diagnosis based on clinical and radiological evaluation METHODS: The patient files of a total of 17 patients who were followed up in the neurology clinic between January 2018 and November 2019 due to the diagnosis of definitive CVST were analyzed retrospectively. In these cases demographic, clinical, radiological and treatment results were evaluated RESULTS: Of 17 patients who were followed up with the diagnosis of CSVT, 5 (29.41%) were male and 12 (70.58%) were female. The mean age and age range of the patients was 36.82 years and 22-78, respectively. The most common clinical presentation, neurological examination outcome and thrombosed sinus was headache, papillary edema, transverse sinus, respectively. In addition, the most common factor in etiology was pregnancy and puerperality DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: This study examined retrospectively patients with CVST. An eye ground examination should be performed in every patient with new beginner of severe headache and epileptic seizure. A possibility of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis should be considered in pregnant and puerperant patients, whereby cerebral imaging should be performed rapidly in case of clinical suspicion and treatment should be started in the acute perio