RECURRENT CEREBRAL VENOUS INFARCTS AND SUPERIOR VENA-CAVA OBSTRUCTION- CASE-REPORT

Authors
BOZZAO A GALLUCCI M MARSILI L CERONE G
Citation
A. Bozzao et al., RECURRENT CEREBRAL VENOUS INFARCTS AND SUPERIOR VENA-CAVA OBSTRUCTION- CASE-REPORT, Neuroradiology, 39(6), 1997, pp. 414-417
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging","Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Neuroradiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00283940
Volume
39
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
414 - 417
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3940(1997)39:6<414:RCVIAS>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
We report a patient with repeated venous infarcts in the occipital lob e and occlusion of the superior vena cava. The pathogenetic relationsh ips between the superior vena cava occlusion and the brain infarcts ar e discussed. High pressure in the superior venous territory and incomp lete patency of the transverse sinus are probably responsible for the venous infarcts.