Acute dural sinus and deep venous thrombosis may lead to venous hypertension, congestion, edema and then hemorrhage. We reviewed 41 patients with 5 different stages of imaging presentation and increment increasing dural sinus pressure.
The early Stages I or II may not need thrombolysis, but Stage III and IV should start as early as possible. Stage II may require thrombolysis if it fails in the trial of anticoagulation. All Stage V patients' results with fatality with or without thrombolysis.
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