Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis

What it means

An intracranial thrombosis of the venous sinuses. These typically present with headache, seizures or venous stroke secondary to raised cerebral venous pressure. Cerebral venous sinus thromboses usually affect larger areas of brain parenchyma than those affected by cerebral vein thromboses.

Rare diseases that can present with this1

The range is how often this sign appears among people diagnosed with each disease — it is not a probability of having any of them. Many of these signs also occur in common, non-rare conditions. A sign on this page is a conversation to have with a clinician, not a conclusion.

Part of the broader category