TY - JOUR
T1 - Sinus thrombosis in idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome causing fatal cerebral haemorrhage
AU - Numagami, Yoshihiro
AU - Tomita, Takahiro
AU - Murakami, Kensuke
AU - Masaki, Iwasaki
AU - Kubo, Komei
AU - Michiharu, Nishijima
PY - 2008/5/1
Y1 - 2008/5/1
N2 - Idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) is a leukoproliferative disorder that is characterized by sustained overproduction of eosinophils and a trend towards damage to specific organs, usually the cardiovascular system. We report the case of a 76-year-old woman who was affected by idiopathic HES, which had an unusual and rapidly fatal course. Sinus thrombosis in the transverse and sigmoid sinuses was evident on cranial CT and CT angiography. In our review of the English-language literature we were unable to find any previously published direct images of sinus thrombosis in idiopathic HES.
AB - Idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) is a leukoproliferative disorder that is characterized by sustained overproduction of eosinophils and a trend towards damage to specific organs, usually the cardiovascular system. We report the case of a 76-year-old woman who was affected by idiopathic HES, which had an unusual and rapidly fatal course. Sinus thrombosis in the transverse and sigmoid sinuses was evident on cranial CT and CT angiography. In our review of the English-language literature we were unable to find any previously published direct images of sinus thrombosis in idiopathic HES.
KW - CT angiogram
KW - Idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome
KW - Sinus thrombosis
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jocn.2006.12.021
DO - 10.1016/j.jocn.2006.12.021
M3 - Article
C2 - 18308571
AN - SCOPUS:41549159662
VL - 15
SP - 585
EP - 587
JO - Journal of Clinical Neuroscience
JF - Journal of Clinical Neuroscience
SN - 0967-5868
IS - 5
ER -