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Formation or presence of a blood clot (THROMBUS) in the CRANIAL SINUSES, large endothelium-lined venous channels situated within the SKULL. Intracranial sinuses, also called cranial venous sinuses, include the superior sagittal, cavernous, lateral, petrous sinuses, and many others. Cranial sinus thrombosis can lead to severe HEADACHE; SEIZURE; and other neurological defects.
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- Cranial Sinus Thrombosis
- Sinus Thrombosis
- Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial
- Venous Sinus Thrombosis, Cranial
- Cranial Sinus Thromboses
- Intracranial Sinus Thromboses
- Sinus Thromboses
- Sinus Thromboses, Cranial
- Sinus Thromboses, Intracranial
- Sinus Thrombosis, Cranial
- Thromboses, Cranial Sinus
- Thromboses, Intracranial Sinus
- Thromboses, Sinus
- Thrombosis, Cranial Sinus
- Thrombosis, Intracranial Sinus
- Thrombosis, Sinus
- Intracranial Sinus Thrombophlebitis
- Petrous Sinus Thrombophlebitis
- Petrous Sinus Thrombosis
- Intracranial Sinus Thrombophlebitides
- Petrous Sinus Thrombophlebitides
- Petrous Sinus Thromboses
- Sinus Thrombophlebitides, Intracranial
- Sinus Thrombophlebitides, Petrous
- Sinus Thrombophlebitis, Intracranial
- Sinus Thrombophlebitis, Petrous
- Sinus Thromboses, Petrous
- Sinus Thrombosis, Petrous
- Thrombophlebitides, Intracranial Sinus
- Thrombophlebitides, Petrous Sinus
- Thrombophlebitis, Intracranial Sinus
- Thrombophlebitis, Petrous Sinus
- Thromboses, Petrous Sinus
- Thrombosis, Petrous Sinus
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2000(1964)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Intracranial Sinus Thrombosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012851. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012851
- Intracranial Sinus Thrombosis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebral_venous_sinus_thrombosis
- Intracranial Sinus Thrombosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1428132