TY - JOUR
T1 - MRI findings in a child with sigmoid sinus thrombosis following mastoiditis
AU - van den Bosch, Maurice A. A. J.
AU - Vos, Jan A.
AU - de Letter, Marie A. C. J.
AU - de Ru, Jacob A.
AU - van Diemen-Steenvoorde, Ronnie A. A. M.
AU - Plötz, Frans B.
PY - 2003/12
Y1 - 2003/12
N2 - We describe the MRI features of sigmoid sinus thrombosis following mastoiditis in a 3-year-old girl. The features consisted of increased signal from the sinus on T2-weighted images and absence of flow on MR venography. It is concluded that MRI enabled a timely diagnosis of this life-threatening disease. MRI, as a non-invasive technique that does not use ionizing radiation, should be considered the investigation of first choice, especially in young patients.
AB - We describe the MRI features of sigmoid sinus thrombosis following mastoiditis in a 3-year-old girl. The features consisted of increased signal from the sinus on T2-weighted images and absence of flow on MR venography. It is concluded that MRI enabled a timely diagnosis of this life-threatening disease. MRI, as a non-invasive technique that does not use ionizing radiation, should be considered the investigation of first choice, especially in young patients.
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UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/13680004
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-003-1056-9
DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-003-1056-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 13680004
SN - 0301-0449
VL - 33
SP - 877
EP - 879
JO - Pediatric Radiology
JF - Pediatric Radiology
IS - 12
ER -