Author(s)

Gustavo Rajz, Ido Ben Zvi, José E. Cohen, Shalom Michowiz

Department of Neurosurgery, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel, Petach Tikvah, Israel.

Post traumatic dural sinus vein stenosis has been rarely described in pediatric population. We present a case of a 9-year-old child that had sustained a head injury after a fall from height causing an acute epidural hematoma compressing the dominant sigmoid sinus. The patient had developed sub acutely signs and symptoms of increased intracranial pressure. Prophylactic treatment with anticoagulants was initiated despite the presence of an intracranial bleeding. Clinical and radiological improvements were achieved. We had also reviewed the literature regarding this uncommon entity and discussed other existing diagnostic and therapeutic alternatives. Further gathering of information is essential in order to form a therapeutic protocol.

Dural Sinus Stenosis, Epidural Hematoma, Intracranial Hypertension

Rajz, G. , Zvi, I. , Cohen, J. and Michowiz, S. (2014) Acute Epidural Hematoma Compressing the Dominant Sigmoid Sinus as an Unusual Cause of Intracranial Hypertension: Case Report and Review of Literature. Open Journal of Modern Neurosurgery, 4, 76-80. doi: 10.4236/ojmn.2014.42016.