05 July 2021
: Case report 
New Horizons for Diagnostic Pitfalls of Cerebral Venous Thrombosis: Clinical Utility of a Newly Developed Cerebral Venous Thrombosis Diagnostic Score: A Case Report and Literature Review
Mistake in diagnosis
Faisal Khan1ABCDEF*, Muhannad Seyam
2ABCDEF, Neha Sharma3ABCDEF, Moin Ud Din3ABCDEF, Vivek Bansal4CDE
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.932123
Am J Case Rep 2021; 22:e932123
Table 4. Review of literature: Cases with cerebral venous thrombosis and anemia.
| Article | Study type | Age/gender | Initial Clinical Features | Location of CVT | Diagnostic imaging | Anemia type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kinoshita 2006 | Case report | 14 M, 47 M | CTV | IDA | ||
| Ciurea 2006 | Case report | 22 F | Headache, vomiting, seizures | Left sigmoid sinus thrombosis | MRI, MRV | SCD |
| Balci 2007 | Case report | 38 F, 18 F | MRI, MRV, MRA | IDA | ||
| Ogata 2008 | Case report | 55 M | Seizures, hemiparesis | Superior Sagittal Sinus | CT, MRV, Angiography | IDA |
| Nicastro 2012 | Case report | 63 F | Headache, hemiplegia, global aphasia | Superior sagittal, transverse sinus | CT, MRI | IDA |
| Busani 2012 | Case report | 28 F | Headache, hemiplegia, global aphasia | Left transverse sinus | CT, MRI, MRV | IDA |
| Lee 2013 | Case report | 55 M | Headache, nausea, dizziness | Lateral sinus thrombosis | MRI | IDA |
| Yakota 2014 | Case report | 37 F | Aphasia, right sided weakness | Superior sagittal sinus | CVA | IDA |
| Zhu 2014 | Case report | 43 F | Recurrent seizures, progressive headache | Left transverse and sigmoid sinus | MRI | IDA |
| Shindo 2014 | Case series | 18–81 yo (13 F, 9 M pts) | Headache, impaired consciousness, seizures, focal motor deficit, ataxia | Superior Sagittal Sinus, transverse sinus, straight sinus | MRI | IDA |
| Nishioka 2014 | Case report | 47 F | Seizures, headache | Superior Sagittal Sinus, transverse sinus | MRI, angiography | IDA |
| Ignacio 2015 | Case report | 35 M | Headache, seizures | Superior Sagittal sinus | MRI | IDA |
| Jeong 2015 | Case report | 51 F | Headache, paresthesia | Superior Sagittal Sinus | CT, MRI | IDA |
| Nishida 2016 | Case report | 28 F | Altered mental status, vomiting | Straight sinus, great cerebral and deep middle cerebral vein | CT, MRI, MRV | IDA |
| Boon 2016 | Case report | 18 M | Headache, photophobia, nausea, vomiting | Left sigmoid and transverse sinus, jugular bulb | CT, CTV | IDA |
| Liang 2016 | Case control | 20–40 F (43 pts) | Headache, seizures, limb weakness, nausea, vomiting, distrubed consciousness, blurred vision, fever | Superior sagittal sinus, transverse sinus, sigmoid sinus, straight/inferior sinus, vein of Galen | CT, MRI, MRV, MRA | IDA |
| Thammishetti 2016 | Case control | 19–30 (44 F, 36 M pt) | Headache, papilledema, seizures, neurological deficit, hemiparesis, vomiting, visual disturbance | Superior Sagittal Sinus, transverse/sigmoid/petrosal/straight sinuses | CTV, MRV | Anemia (IDA, normocytic, macrocytic) |
| Krajickova 2016 | Cohort study | 18–76 (37 F, 14 M pts) | Impaired consciousness, focal deficits, seizures | Superior Sagittal Sinus, straight/transverse/sigmoid, deep cortical veins | MRI, MRV | Anemia |
| Takemaru 2017 | Case control | 25–81 (13 M, 3 F pts) | Headache, nausea, vomiting, seizure, coma, hemiparesis, speech/visual disturbance | Superior Sagittal Sinus, lateral sinus, straight sinus | CT, MRI, MRV | IDA |
| Kamel 2017 | Case report | 43 F | Headache, bilateral papilledema | Right transverse and sigmoid sinus, right internal jugular vein | MRV | IDA |
| Gao 2018 | Case report | 44 F | Headache, unilateral limb weakness | Superior Sagittal Sinus | CT, CTV | Aplastic |
| Kapur 2019 | Case report | 32 M | Headache, vomiting, ataxia, unilateral weakness, seizures | Right transverse and sigmoid sinus | MRI, MRV | Megaloblastic |
| Almussalam 2019 | Case report | 18 M | Right sided weakness | Deep Cerebral Venous Thrombosis and vein of Labbe | CT, MRV, Angiography | SCD |
| Menon 2019 | Case report | 43 F, 22 F | MRI, MRV | |||
| Bibi 2019 | Case report | 63 F | Headache, nausea, vomiting, confusion, hemiparesis | Left transverse and sigmoid sinus | CT, CTV | IDA |
| Algaidi 2020 | Case control | 37–39 (39 F, 16 M pts) | Headache, nausea, vomiting, altered consciousness, seizures, focal neurological deficits, visual defect, papilledema, altered behavior | Superior Sagittal Sinus, transverse sinus, sigmoid sinus, straight sinus, vein of Galen | CTV, MRV | IDA |
| Alhosan 2020 | Case report and review | 40 F | Diarrhea, headache, Altered Mental status, Hemiplegia | Left transverse and sigmoid sinuses, left jugular vein | CT, MRA, MRV | IDA, megaloblastic |
| Pathak 2020 | Case control | 21–40 (16 F, 12 M pts) | Headache, nausea, vomiting, blurred vision, altered sensorium, fever, seizures, focal neurological signs | Superior Sagittal Sinus, transverse sinus, sigmoid sinus, straight sinus | MRI | IDA |
| Komro 2020 | Review of literature | 19–65 (16 M, 14 F pts) | Headache, GI disturbance, seizures, focal neurological deficits, visual disturbance, altered mental status, papilledema | – | CT, CTV, MRI | Anemia |
| pts – patients; M – Male; F – Female; IDA – iron deficiency anemia; SCD – sickle cell disease; CT – computed tomography; MRI – magnetic resonance imaging; CTV – computed tomography venography; MRV – magnetic resonance venography; MRA – magnetic resonance angiography; CTA – computed tomography angiography. | ||||||