Deep cerebral vein thrombosis due to anaemia in a child

Abstract

An eighteen-month-old child presented with vomiting, fever and altered sensorium of two days duration. He had anaemia and computed tomography of head revealed hyper-dense internal cerebral veins, vein of Galen and inferior sagittal sinus and bilateral thalamic hypo-density. The child improved with anti-coagulants and packed cell transfusion.