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. 2021 Jan 19;15(4):370–374. doi: 10.4103/jpn.JPN_133_19

Table 1.

CVST syndromes[4,5]

Clinical syndromes of CVST Features
Syndrome of increased ICP Patients with signs and symptoms of only headache, papilledema without any cranial nerve involvement, focal neurologic deficit, or seizure
Syndrome of focal neurologic deficit with or without increased ICP Patients with signs and symptoms such as limb weakness, seizure, other focal neurologic deficit with or without headache, and papilledema
Syndrome of cavernous sinus thrombosis Patients with signs and symptoms of conjunctival redness, chemosis, progressive swelling of eyelid, ophthalmoparesis, headache, and papilledema
Syndrome of unspecific diffuse encephalopathy Patients presenting with signs and symptoms of generalized encephalopathic illness without a localizing signs or recognizable features of increased ICP, with a depressed level of consciousness being the most constant finding (varying from drowsiness to deep coma)