Increased intracranial pressure due to metastatic disease of venous sinuses

Atlas of Cerebrovascular Disease.

“…Previous cases of non-thrombotic occlusion of the superior sagittal sinus have been reported secondary to solitary plasmocytoma, Ewing's sarcoma, disseminated carcinoma of the breast, and neuroblastoma, [1][2][3][4] which, as in our case, all present significant involvement of soft tissue. …”

“…1 A few cases have been reported as complications of midline tumours involving the occipital region such as Ewing's sarcoma, plasmocytoma, neuroblastoma, and disseminated carcinoma of the breast. [1][2][3][4] To our knowledge, this is the first case report in which this complication appeared secondary to a non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.…”

“…5 Seven cases of "central neurocytoma" have now been described occurring in the spinal cord. [2][3][4] Such a diagnosis is based on the immunohistochemical profile of the lesions showing neuronal diVerentiation. The principal diVerential diagnoses in our case, ependymoma and oligodendroglioma, are excluded by virtue of their immunohistochemical profile.…”

Intracranial Venous Thrombosis

“…It has been encountered in sickle cell anaemia, especially during anaesthetics (Schenk, 1960) in diabetics (Ata, 1965), in homocystinuria (Dunn, Perry & Dolman, 1966) and as an 'idiopathic' condition (Gerber & Mendlowitz, 1949). It may also be responsible for the papilloedema sometimes seen in leukaemia (Barnett & Hyland, 1953) and for some of the cerebrovascular accidents apparently precipitated by oral contraceptives (Lorentz, 1962 (Merwarth, 1942 (Mones, 1965) or that the sinus fails to appear in late films after the arterial tree has been clearly outlined (Askenasy, Kosary & Braham, 1962 (Lemmi & Little, 1960 (Swanson & Fincher, 1954).…”

“…Treatment of the underlying disease rarely has any effect on the neurological picture, except in the case of removal of a meningioma, irradiation of a secondary deposit (Mones, 1965) or elevation of a depressed fracture (Caudill et al, 1953;Kinal, 1959 (Dekaban & Norman, 1958;Banker, 1961). For this reason, it is virtually impossible to comment on the prognosis in a satisfactory manner.…”