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| Year : 2011 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 256-258 |
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Superior and inferior ophthalmic veins thrombosis with cavernous sinus meningioma
Sameer Vyas1, Palash Jyoti Das1, Sunil Kumar Gupta2, Nandita Kakkar3, Niranjan Khandelwal1
1 Department of Radiodiagnosis, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
2 Department of Neurosurgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
3 Department of Histopathology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Correspondence Address:
Sameer Vyas
Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, PGIMER, Chandigarh
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0974-9233.84066
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Ophthalmic vein thrombosis is an extremely rare entity. We present a case of middle-aged female who presented with proptosis. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging showed cavernous sinus meningioma with ipsilateral superior and inferior vein thrombosis. A brief review of the vascular involvement of the meningioma and ophthalmic vein thrombosis is presented along with the case. |
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