Case Report
A kidney transplant patient on cyclosporine therapy presenting with dural venous sinus thrombosis: a case report
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* Corresponding author: Senaka Rajapakse senaka.ucfm@gmail.com
1 Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo,25, Kynsey Road, Colombo 08, Sri Lanka
2 University Medical Unit, National Hospital Colombo, Regents Street, Colombo 08, Sri Lanka
Cases Journal 2009, 2:9139 doi:10.1186/1757-1626-2-9139
Published: 3 December 2009Abstract
Dural vein thrombosis is an important but rare cause of headache. Therapy with cyclosporine has been reported to result in thrombotic events. We report an unusual case of superior sagittal and transverse sinus thrombosis associated with cyclosporine therapy in a kidney transplant patient.