Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis is a rare type of stroke primarily affecting young
women. Diagnosis is generally delayed or overlooked due to a wide spectrum of clinical
symptoms. Subdural hematoma secondary to cerebral venous sinus thrombosis is very
rare. We report a case of 40-year-old female with cerebral venous sinus thrombosis
who presented to us with an acute subdural hematoma and subarachnoid hemorrhage besides
venous infarct. Management of such patients is complicated due to the rarity of the
condition and contraindication for the use of anticoagulation. We conducted a thorough
literature search through PubMed and could find only nine cases of spontaneous subdural
hematoma secondary to cerebral venous sinus thrombosis.
Key-words:
Prothrombotic - stroke - thrombosis
