Research Article

Prognosis and Outcome of Cerebral Sinus Venous Thrombosis—A Multicenter Cohort Study

Table 2

Comparison of CSVT patients, favorable outcome, and unfavorable outcome.

CharacteristicsFavorable outcome
Unfavorable outcome

Age, mean (SD)38.5 (16.3)55.0 (20.5)<0.001
Gender, male (%)136 (34)29 (31)0.653
Dehydration (%)10 (3)1 (1)0.632
Infections (%)24 (6)6 (7)0.684
Smoking (%)78 (19)14 (15)0.339
Hyperlipidemia (%)27 (6)21 (23)<0.001
Hypertension (%)23 (6)24 (26)<0.001
Obesity (%)20 (5)1 (1)0.088
Diabetes (%)15 (4)16 (17)<0.001
Malignancy (%)44 (11)32 (35)<0.001
Previous thrombotic events (%)34 (9)6 (7)0.525
Oral contraceptives (%)95 (24)10 (11)0.006
Clinical presentation
Papilledema (%)108 (27)17 (19)0.141
Headache (%)325 (82)46 (51)<0.001
Vomiting (%)71 (18)8 (9)0.064
Seizure (%)60 (15)38 (41)<0.001
Any focal neurological deficit (%)81 (20)49 (54)<0.001
NIHSS upon admission, mean (SD)0 (0-0)2 (0-6)<0.001
Hematological workup
APLA (%)55 (14)6 (7)0.06
Protein C/S deficiency (%)17 (4)3 (3)0.849
Factor V deficiency (%)32 (8)4 (4)0.244
Factor II mutation (%)9 (2)0 (0)0.153
PT 2021018 (5)7 (8)0.181
Behcet’s disease (%)18 (5)0 (0)0.042
MTHFR (%)20 (5)1 (1)0.101
JAK 2 (%)29 (7)4 (4)0.435
Thrombocytosis (%)22 (6)2 (2)0.196
Hyperhomocysteinemia (%)8 (2)0 (0)0.181
Any coagulopathy (%)174 (44)18 (20)<0.001
Radiological findings
Multiple veins (%)89 (22)35 (38)0.002
Cortical (%)38 (10)15 (16)0.059
Deep (%)16 (4)7 (8)0.141
Venous infarction (%)25 (6)24 (26)<0.001
ICH (%)57 (14)26 (28)<0.001
Involved sinus (%)
Superior sagittal sinus (%)140 (25)46 (51)0.008
Transverse sinus (%)272 (69)59 (64)0.525
Sigmoid sinus (%)267 (67)54 (59)0.124
Cavernous sinus (%)7 (2)3 (3)0.357
MRS 90 (IQR)0 (0-0)3 (2-5)<0.001

NIHSS: National Institute of Health Stroke Scale, APLA: antiphospholipid antibodies, PT 20210: prothrombin 20210, MTHFR: methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase, ICH: intracerebral hemorrhage, SSS: superior sagittal sinus, MRS: modified Rankin scale, IQR: interquartile range.