Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis at high altitude.

Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) is a rare but potentially life-threatening medical condition. We describe a case of a 47-year-old woman who presented with headache, speech defects, and visual disturbances, and was later diagnosed with cerebral venous sinus thrombosis. The article describes a possible risk of such thrombotic events with exposure to high altitude environment in patients with coagulation defects such as Factor V Leiden mutation. Besides, such neurological conditions can occur independent of altitude illness and need to be recognized as their management differs.

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Promish Shrestha, Buddha Basnyat, Thomas Küpper, Simone van der Giet. Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis at high altitude. High altitude medicine & biology. 2012 Mar;13(1):60-2

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