• Interv Neuroradiol · Dec 2018

    Case Reports

    Unexpected occlusion of the contralateral transverse sinus after stenting for idiopathic intracranial hypertension.

    • Stephanie A Coffman, Jasmeet Singh, Stacey Wolfe, and Kyle M Fargen.
    • Department of Neurosurgery, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston Salem, USA.
    • Interv Neuroradiol. 2018 Dec 1; 24 (6): 718-721.

    AbstractA woman in her thirties with intracranial hypertension underwent stenting of the right transverse-sigmoid (TS) junction with resolution of the pressure gradient. Due to persisting symptoms at follow-up, she underwent a repeat study showing a patent right TS stent but the non-dominant left transverse sinus, patent on initial studies, was now completely occluded. According to the positive feedback loop hypothesis, stenting of the right transverse sinus should have resulted in a reduction in intracranial pressures (confirmed by post-stenting lumbar puncture), but also an increase in left transverse sinus diameter, opposed to the occlusion seen on venography. This unexpected finding can be explained by the positive feedback loop hypothesis if a revision is made accounting for intramural venous pressures as an opposing force of venous sinus stenosis, as venous outflow obstruction in the dominant venous sinus pathway provided an increased intramural venous pressure in the non-dominant sinus facilitating patency against extramural pressures.

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