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. 2012 Mar 16;18(1):89–96. doi: 10.1177/159101991201800112

Table 1.

Baseline patient characteristics.

No. Age/
sex
Clinical
presentation
Risk
factor
Location
of
thrombosis
Duration
of
heparin
therapy
Predisposing
factor
Neurologic
findings
Follow-up/
months

1 35 /F Headache, blurred
vision
Left transverse 3 days Antithrombin III
deficiency
Papilledema 11

2 44/F Headache, right side
weakness
OCP Left transverse and
SSS
7 days Papilledema, right
hemiparesis
23

3 21/M Headache, seizure Head
trauma
SSS 4 days Papilledema 22

4 41/F Headache OCP Left transverse 5 days Papilledema 21

5 47/F Headache OCP Left transverse 6 days Papilledema 18

6 44/F Headache OCP Right transverse
and SSS
6 days Papilledema,visual
field defects
16

7 23/F Headache OCP Right transverse 10 days Papilledema 13

8 45/M Headache, left side
weakness
Opium Right transverse 2 weeks Papilledema and
left hemiparesis
11

9 51/F Headache,blurred
vision
Left transverse 1 week Antiphospholipid
ab syndrome
Papilledema 12

10 48/F Headache, seizure,
drowsiness
OCP Left transverse 7 days Papilledemal 12

11 36/M Headache, seizure SSS 8 days Antiphospholipid
ab syndrome
Papilledema 9

12 18/F Headache, blurred
vision
OCP Left transverse 14 days Papilledema 7

13 24/F Headache, seizure Post
partum
Left transverse
SSS
4 days Protein c
deficiency
Papilledema,
visual field defect
7

14 45/F Headache, right side
weakness
OCP Left transverse 6 days Papilledema,right
side paresis
6

15 26/F Headache, blurred
vision
OCP Left and right
transverse, posterior
part of SSS
2 days Papilledema, six
nerve palsy
bilateral and l.o.c
10

16 20/F Headache, tinnitus,
vertigo
OCP Right transverse 14 days Papilledema 9

17 37 /M Headache,
focal seizure
SSS 10 days APA syndrome Papilledema 11

18 33/F Headache, tinnitus,
diplopia
OCP SSS 14 days Papilledema, right
six nerve palsy
4

19 29/F Headache, blurred
vision
OCP Left transverse 8 days Papilledema 3

20 40/F Headache, blurred
vision
OCP Right transverse
and sigmoid
7 days Papilledema 5

21 44/F Headache, blurred
vision
OCP Left transverse sinus 21 days Papilledema 4

22 22/F Headache, tinnitus OCP Left transverse sinus 14 days Papilledema 3

23 27/M Headache, dizziness Right transverse
and SSS
16 days Papilledema 7

24 39/F Headache, OCP Left transverse 7 days APA Papilledema 5

25 29 /F Headache, seizure,
SAH
OCP Left transverse 8 days Papilledema 7

26 56/M Headache, right side
paresis
Right transverse 10 days APA Papilledema 4

OCP: oral contraceptive pill; SSS: superior sagittal sinus; APA syndrome: antiphospholipid antibody syndrome;
SAH: subarachnoid hemorrhage; LOC loss of consiousness.