Cerebral venous thrombosis is an uncommon disease characterized by expansive cerebral edema, venous infarction and massive intracerebral hemorrhage. Magnetic resonance imaging and angiography are useful for diagnosis of cerebral venous thrombosis. A 54-year-old man was admitted with headache, vomiting and right hemiparesis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 68-year-old woman presented with an extremely rare intracranial metastasis from a gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) manifesting as left hemiparesis 2 years after resection of a sacral tumor adjacent to the coccygeal bone. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed an intracranial tumor in the right parietal lobe. Craniotomy was performed to completely remove the tumor.
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