Affiliations: Department of Pediatric Neurology, Ankara University
School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkiye | Department of Radiology, Ankara University School of
Medicine, Ankara, Turkiye | Department of Pediatric Hematology, Ankara University
School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkiye | Department of Pediatric Molecular Pathology, Ankara
University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkiye
Note: [] Correspondence: Serap Teber, MD, Department of Pediatric
Neurology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkiye. Tel.: +90 312
362 30 30/6340; Fax: +90 312 362 05 81; E-mail: [email protected]
Abstract: Sinovenous thrombosis is very rare in the pediatric population
especially beyond neonatal period. This condition can be related to various
etiologies depending upon patient's age. In this case report, we present a
child with sinovenous thrombosis secondary to Behçet's disease. This
15-year-old male was admitted to our hospital with headache after he was
followed for uveitis and recurrent oral aphthous ulceration. Since the
cerebrospinal fluid pressure was 58 cm H_2O and there was no
lesion on cranial computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging, he was
first diagnosed as pseudotumor cerebri. In spite of acetazolamide therapy and
intermittent lumber punctures, his symptoms and high cerebrospinal fluid
pressure persisted. Three weeks later cranial computed tomography with contrast
was performed again and thrombosis was seen in the transverse and sagittal
sinuses. He was treated successfully with heparin and steroid therapy.
