Abstract
We report a 30 year old woman with sickle cell disease (SCD) who presented with a severe right side headache and neck pain of 1 week duration. Results of a peripheral smear showed sickle cells and sickling test was positive. Magnetic resonance venography showed dural venous sinus thrombosis involving right transverse and sigmoid sinuses with venous infarcts involving right temporal & occipital lobes. The patient was treated with low molecular weight heparin,mannitol and her symptoms and signs resolved.
Keywords: Sickle cell disease, Dural venous sinus thrombosis, Magnetic resonance venography, Low molecular weight heparin.
Key Message: Involvement of Transverse sinus and Sigmoid sinus without involvement of Sagittal sinus is rare.
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Corresponding Author
Dr M Mallikarjuna Reddy
Postgraduate, Department of General Medicine, Chettinad Hospital & Research Institute, Chettinad Academy of Research and Education
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v7i8.166
