Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis presenting to the emergency department with recurrent epileptiform seizure; Case Report

Abstract

Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) is a rare and potentially fatal condition. A 23-year-old man was admitted to the emergency department of Maresal Cakmak Military Hospital, Erzurum two times in one week for epileptiform seizures. As noncontrast head computed tomography (CT) scan was normal, he was first diagnosed with epilepsy. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and magnetic resonance venography (MRV) showed the thrombus in the right transverse sinus, right straight sinus, and superior sagittal sinus. CVST should be considered for the differential diagnosis of patients who were admitted to the emergency department with epilepsy or epileptiform seizures and both MRI and MRV should be used for the diagnosis.