Cerebral venous thrombosis is a rare form of cerebral circulatory disorder that, unlike classic stroke, more often affects younger people. For unknown reasons, blood clots (thrombi) form in cerebral ...

New evidence supports the use of decompressive surgery for patients with severe cerebral vein thrombosis. The DECOMPRESS2 study ― the largest prospective study of decompressive surgery in this ...

Germinal matrix hemorrhage–intraventricular hemorrhage (GMH-IVH) commonly affects premature neonates. The gravity of the consequences associated with GMH-IVH makes it a major concern in their care.

A 24 year-old woman presented with headaches followed by lethargy and then coma. On examination, her pupils were small but reactive to light. She had no vertical upgaze with a doll's head maneuver.

IN modern civilizations an enormous toll of suffering and death is exacted by local disorders of brain blood flow. Regional hemodynamic failure, with unique rapidity, produces anoxic devastation in ...

Umbilical vein has been substituted for artery in vascular transplantation, but it remains unclear whether the stress relaxation and creep between these vessels are consistent. A recent study reported ...

A large aneurysmal dilatation of the vein of Markowski and vein of Galen was noted on the cranial MRI. It was seen left of the midline, with marked mass effect, multiple fistulae and enlargement of ...

Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) occurs when a blood clot forms in one of the veins in the brain, preventing blood from draining out of the brain. A new analysis has found that the incidence of CVT in ...

Cerebral venous thrombosis is a rare, often severe disease that has been brought to public attention by the COVID-19 pandemic. A research group has now succeeded for the first time in deciphering a ...