Diagnosis of superior sagittal sinus thrombosis by dynamic and sequential brain scanning

Abstract

A diagnosis by dynamic and sequential brain scanning is reported of superior sagittal sinus thrombosis in a woman who had recently begun taking the oral contraceptive norethynodrel. The procedure is considered a sufficient technique for diagnosis of thrombosis of the cerebral venous sinuses. This is the fifth reported case in which oral contraceptives are implicated in the condition.