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profile was recorded in all patients, and when a substantial cause of thrombophilia was found, warfarin was prescribed as a life-long treatment. The patients’ demographic characteristics, clinical manifestations, laboratory finding, neuro-imaging investigations, treatment options and prognosis were also studied. Statistical Analysis Findings were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS software version 11.5). The data are reported as mean±SD for quantitative variables, and as count and percent for qualitative variables. Chi- square test was used to analyze qualitative findings. A P value of ≤0.05 Inhibitors,research,lifescience,medical was considered statistically significant. Results The mean age of the participants was 34.01±10.25. Eighty seven (70.16%) were women and 37 (29.83%) were men. Eleven (8.87%) had septic CVST and 113 (91.12%) had non-septic cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT). The most frequent Inhibitors,research,lifescience,medical clinical manifestations were headache in 116 (93.54%), papilledema in 48 (62.3%), seizures in 28 (36.4%), neurological deficit in 44 (35.48%), and decreased level of consciousness in 31 patients (25%). Table 1 shows the most common findings in 124 patients with CVST. Inhibitors,research,lifescience,medical Twenty out of 57 women (35.08%) took OCPs to prevent menstruation to be able to perform Ramadan fasting and Hajj ceremony. Common thrombosed intracranial sinuses are presented in figure 1. Table
1 Common findings in 124 patients with cerebral venous sinus thrombosis Figure 1 Frequencies of thrombosis in various intracranial sinuses. Eighteen (14.51%) patients passed away. Poor prognostic factors at the time Inhibitors,research,lifescience,medical of admission were stupor or coma (P=0.001) and parenchymal with or without subarachnoid hemorrhage in first CT scan (P=0.005). Recurrent thrombosis developed in 12 patients (9.67%) and consisted of recurrent CVST in one patient (0.80%), lower extremity deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in 10 patients (8.06%) and hepatic vein thrombosis in one patient (0.80%). Discussion A number of selleck compound library previous studies demonstrated increasing incidence of CVST in Inhibitors,research,lifescience,medical Iran.3-5 Resminostat Such an increased profile prompted us
to investigate the underlying causes of CVST in Iranian peoples. The present study is similar to some previous ones in terms of female predominance, clinical manifestations, and the involved sinus of CVST.3-10 The use of OCPs might be the main factor associated with CVST in our study. The combined OCPs increase the risk of CVST, and odds ratio increases to 30.0, 79.3 and 19.5 in the presence of V Leiden factor, prothrombin mutation or hyperhomocysteinemia, respectively.2 Twenty women (35.08%) took OCP for a duration longer than one month to prevent menstruation during religious ceremonies such as Ramadan fasting or Hajj, and developed CVST during the period of the drug use. A similar finding has been reported in other parts of Iran,11 but not in other countries.