Cerebral Venous Thrombosis in the Superior Sagittal Sinus as a Rare Cause of a Paroxysmal Kinetic Tremor

Kei Murao; Shuji Arakawa; Yoshihiko Furuta; Masahiro Shijo; Tetsuro Ago; Takanari Kitazono

doi:10.1159/000455022

Cerebral Venous Thrombosis in the Superior Sagittal Sinus as a Rare Cause of a Paroxysmal Kinetic Tremor

Case Rep Neurol. 2017 Jan 3;8(3):276-281. doi: 10.1159/000455022. eCollection 2016 Sep-Dec.

Authors

Kei Murao¹, Shuji Arakawa¹, Yoshihiko Furuta¹, Masahiro Shijo², Tetsuro Ago², Takanari Kitazono²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cerebrovascular Diseases, Japan Organization of Occupational Health and Safety, Kyushu Rosai Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
² Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.

Abstract

Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) has a broad spectrum of clinical presentation compared to arterial etiology. Seizure is one of the common symptoms and is more frequent than in other stroke types. Hence, transient neurological symptoms in CVT patients are usually due to epileptic seizures, while transient repetitive movement disorder is extremely rare except as a complication of epilepsy. We report a case of CVT in the superior sagittal sinus with a 1-year history of paroxysmal kinetic tremor without evident epilepsy.

Keywords: Cerebral venous thrombosis; Involuntary movement; Kinetic tremor.

Publication types

Case Reports