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종결 Case No. 686 2024-04-01~2024-04-30
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Period 2024-04-01~2024-04-30
Diagnosis venous infarction
Gender
  • M
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  • F
Age 65
Clinical information 65M
cognitive impairment
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Discussion 1. Bilateral T2/FLAIR high SI lesions in the both thalami
- petechial hemorrhages in the bilateral thalami and corpus callosum/cingulate gyri
2. Loss of flow void in the straight sinus and internal cerebral veins on FLAIR; invisible straight sinus on MRV and prominent vascular structures around the straight sinus on MRA.
 Venous infarctions resulted from chronic venous sinus thrombosis, R/O combined with dural AVF

Bithalamic lesions
Cause Differential
Vascular Deep cerebral vein thrombosis and dural venous sinus thrombosis
 Internal cerebral veins
 Vein of Galen
 Straight sinus
Arterial infarction
 Artery of Percheron occlusion
 top of the basilar artery syndrome
PRES (Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome)
Infection CJD
Viral encephalitis (West Nile encephalitis, Japanese encephalitis, Murray Valley encephalitis, Eastern equine encephalitis, and rabies)
Malaria
Metabolic and Toxic Disorders Wernicke Encephalopathy
Osmotic Myelinolysis
Fabry Disease
Fahr Disease
Wilson Disease
Leigh Disease


Deep venous thrombosis
Typically results in bilateral symmetric involvement of thalami and occasionally basal ganglia.
Causes include pregnancy, oral contraceptives, infection, trauma, and dehydration, undetermined in 20~25%.
Infarct or hemorrhage in atypical areas crossing arterial territories or infarct with cortical sparing

Reference
AJR, Volume 192, Issue 2, February 2009, https://doi.org/10.2214/AJR.08.1585
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