THROMBOSIS OF THE STRAIGHT SINUS COMPLICATING HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY

Authors
STRACHAN R HUGHES D COWIE R
Citation
R. Strachan et al., THROMBOSIS OF THE STRAIGHT SINUS COMPLICATING HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY, British journal of neurosurgery, 9(6), 1995, pp. 805-808
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology",Surgery
Journal title
British journal of neurosurgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
02688697
Volume
9
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
805 - 808
Database
ISI
SICI code
0268-8697(1995)9:6<805:TOTSSC>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Oral contraceptives have been implicated in the pathogenesis of dural venous thrombosis. No similar association has been confirmed between p ostmenopausal hormone replacement therapy and cerebral venous thrombos is, although one previous report in the literature has identified such a case. We present a further case of thrombosis of the straight sinus in a patient on hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and suggest that du ral sinus thrombosis is a rare, but dangerous complication of HRT.