Short report
Extrinsic cerebral venous sinus obstruction resulting in
intracranial hypertension
P Goldsmitha, D J Burna, A Coulthardb, A Jenkinsc
a Royal Victoria
Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Department
of Neurology, b Department of Radiology, c Department
of Neurosurgery, Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Accepted 10 February
1999
We report the case of a 70-year-old man reporting with headache
and visual disturbances who was being treated for prostate cancer.
Investigations showed him to have intracranial hypertension caused by
venous sinus obstruction. Patients with metastatic disease and raised
intracranial pressure in the absence of focal signs should be
considered as possible cases of venous outflow obstruction.
Keywords: intracranial hypertension; venous sinus thrombosis; malignancy
© 1999 by The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine
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