Cerebral venous thrombosis and submandibular lithotripsy: A case report

E Diab; P Katz; H Deudjeu Youmbissie; P-Y Garcia

doi:10.1016/j.neurol.2020.04.019

Cerebral venous thrombosis and submandibular lithotripsy: A case report

Rev Neurol (Paris). 2021 Mar;177(3):313-315. doi: 10.1016/j.neurol.2020.04.019. Epub 2020 Jul 6.

Authors

E Diab¹, P Katz², H Deudjeu Youmbissie³, P-Y Garcia⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of neurology, Amiens University Hospital, France. Electronic address: evadiab@hotmail.fr.
² Institute of functional explorations and endoscopy of salivary glands, Paris, France.
³ Department of radiology Amiens University Hospital, France.
⁴ Department of neurology, Compiègne Hospital, France.

PMID: 32646599
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurol.2020.04.019

Abstract

We present the case of a 38-year-old woman with a diagnosis of cerebral venous thrombosis that developed after lithotripsy of the submandibular gland. Few cases of vessel thrombosis after lithotripsy have been reported in other organs, this is the unique cerebral case reported.

Keywords: Cerebral venous thrombosis; Lithiasis; Lithotripsy.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Female
Humans
Intracranial Thrombosis*
Lithotripsy
Venous Thrombosis*