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Isolated Deep Venous Thrombosis--Case Series, Literature Review And Long Term Follow Up., Ayeesha Kamran Kamal, Ahmed Itrat, Sana Shoukat, Asumal Khealani, Kamran Kamal

Department of Medicine

Cerebral Venous Sinus thrombosis may rarely be isolated to a cortical vein or to the deep venous system. When the deep venous system is involved, prognosis is generally poor. In addition, long term follow up is not reported. We conducted a retrospective review of all patients admitted to a major tertiary care center, with the diagnosis of isolated deep venous thrombosis. Two patients were identified with isolated involvement of the deep venous system, they are reviewed in detail with long term follow up. Two young South Asian women in their thirties with rapid onset of neurologic signs and symptoms are …