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A 72-year-old man underwent video-assisted thoracoscopic left upper lobectomy for small cell lung cancer. After 16 days, he experienced epigastric abdominal pain and vomiting, and was taken by ambulance to our hospital. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) showed a propagation of thrombus in
Cerebral venous thrombosis is a rare but potentially severe condition in children. We present the case of a teenager with corticodependent nephrotic syndrome diagnosed at five months of age and treated with cyclosporine A. In the context of recurrence of nephrotic syndrome he presented with
Androgen was reported to cause cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) during replacement therapy for aplastic anemia. Oxymetholone, a synthetic androgen analogue, has been widely used in the treatment of aplastic anemia. A 40-year-old woman with aplastic anemia visited our hospital because of severe
An increased risk of venous thromboembolism has been demonstrated following renal transplantation. Commonly reported sites have been deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary thromboembolism and vascular thrombosis involving the graft. Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) has not been reported in literature so
We report two cases of cerebral venous thrombosis as a complication of nephrotic syndrome. No urine protein or kidney disease was noted in either case. The patients were diagnosed with nephrotic syndrome after admission to our hospital. Case 1: The patient was a 46-year-old man. He experienced
OBJECTIVE
To analyze the epidemiology, associated risk factors, clinical presentation, diagnostic methods, treatment, and evolution of patients diagnosed with superior mesenteric venous thrombosis (SMVT) at an university hospital in Madrid.
METHODS
Retrospective and descriptive study. We review the
High prevalence of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in disaster shelters has been reported in the aftermath of earthquakes in Japan. Calf DVT was examined using sonography in the shelters after the Great East Japan earthquake on March 11, 2011. By the end of July 2011, 701 out of 8,630 evacuees suspected
A 27 year old man presented with 24 hours of unexplained vomiting. His past health was unremarkable except for a deep vein thrombosis one year earlier. At that time his serum electrolytes were normal. The results of repeat electrolyte measurement are shown in Table 1.
A rare case of isolated superior mesenteric venous thrombosis (MVT) after endoscopic variceal band ligation (EVL) is reported. A 64-year-old woman with a history of idiopathic portal hypertension presented at the emergency room with vomiting, increasing cramping abdominal pain, and low-grade fever.
Dysgenesis of the inferior vena cava is rare but it is being increasingly diagnosed by cross-sectional imaging techniques. Patients are usually asymptomatic with abnormalities detected incidentally. An 11 year old boy presented with a 10 day history of fever, vomiting and abdominal pain, which
A 28-year-old man admitted to our hospital because of severe neck pain, headache, fever and vomiting. He was alert and had no neurological deficit except for nuchal stiffness. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) examination showed elevated mononuclear cell counts (68/mm(3)) and protein levels (300 mg/dl). He
An 18-year-old woman with extensive cerebral venous thrombosis is described. The symptoms were fever, headache, nausea, vomiting and focal deficits. The diagnosis was confirmed by CT and MRI. Anticoagulation was given. Full restitution was achieved within three months. Possible predisposing factors
A 35-year-old healthy male with no history of any past medical illness developed severe headache, vomiting and drowsiness while at high altitude (4,572 m) in the eastern Himalayan ranges. He was evacuated to a tertiary-care hospital where he was diagnosed to have cerebral sinus venous thrombosis
The case of a 28 years old woman presenting with headache, drowsiness and vomiting of a short duration, is presented. She was diagnosed as deep cerebral venous thrombosis on the basis of MRI findings. Treatment with heparin gave completed recovery.
A 25-year-old, 7-weeks pregnant woman was admitted to the Nagaoka Red Cross Hospital in a state of confusion, following fever, headache and vomiting. Brain CT and MRI showed swelling in the bilateral thalami, basal ganglia and splenium of corpus callosum, and thrombosis of the internal cerebral