INCIDENTAL CEREBRAL VENOUS THROMBOSIS IN A PATIENT WITH MULTIPLE-SCLEROSIS

Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) is rarely reported in patients with m ultiple sclerosis. We recently managed a 32 year-old Saudi female pati ent who was managed for a relapse of her multiple sclerosis but in who m CVT was incidentally found in the course of investigations. She was asymptomatic with regards to the CVT and she had no identifiable predi sposing factor apart from her recent confinement which was uneventful. The case underscores the importance of looking for other lesions that may be 'clinically silent' in MS patients presenting with relapse as well as emphasising the advantage of neuroimaging in revealing unsuspe cted but potentially fatal disorders. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.