Diagnosis of cerebral veins and venous sinuses thrombosis
Maksimova M.Yu., Dubovitskaya Yu.I., Bryukhov V.V., Krotenkovа M.V.

Scientific Center of Neurology, Moscow

Thrombosis of cerebral veins and venous sinuses is a rare disease, which accounts for less than 1% of all cases of stroke. The most frequent and often early symptom of thrombosis of cerebral veins and sinuses is a headache. Diagnosis of the disease is greatly hampered by the lack of specific characteristics of this pain and the possible absence of other neurological manifestations. In this regard, headache is often the only complaint of patients with thrombosis of cerebral venous sinuses. Due to the variability of clinical symptoms, often subacute or slow development, the disease is diagnosed late or remains unrecognized. The thrombosis of the upper sagittal, lateral and transverse sinuses is the most common problem. Thrombosis of several cerebral veins is observed in 2/3 of cases. This work presents anatomical features of the structure of the venous system of the brain, the issues of etiology, pathogenesis, clinical picture, diagnosis and treatment of thrombosis of cerebral veins and venous sinuses.
The article presents three histories of the patients who received treatment in the second neurological department of the Scientific Center of Neurology at different time with a diagnosis of «thrombosis of the venous sinuses», demonstrating the modern possibilities of diagnosis and treatment of venous circulation disorders.

Key words: thrombosis of venous sinuses, cerebral vein thrombosis, headache, diagnostics, anticoagulants.
For citation: Maksimova M.Yu., Dubovitskaya Yu.I., Bryukhov V.V., Krotenkova M.V. Diagnosis of cerebral veins and venous sinuses thrombosis // RMJ. 2017. № 21. P. 1595–1601.