02 January 2021 02 Jan 2021

Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) is a rare type of stroke caused by a clot forming in one of the intracranial sinuses and subsequent blockage in blood drainage. Even though venous thromboembolism affects 0.1% of the population, CVST is a rare disease that occurs in 5 people per 1 million, annually and is responsible for 0.5% of all strokes (Ferro, 2007; Devasagayam et al, 2016; Heit et al, 2016; Luo et al, 2018; Johns Hopkins Medicine, 2020).