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Thrombosis of the Galenic system veins in the adult

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Three cases of thrombosis of the Galenic system veins in adults are presented. Thrombosis of other veins or the venous sinuses was not found. All three patients were women, only one of whom used oral contraception (Lyndiol®). In another of these cases treatment with amitriptylinepamoate (Tryptizol®) seemed to have initiated the symptoms. In the third case, a patient with polycythaemia, the thrombosis developed after a cranial fracture. No other cases of this kind are reported in the literature of this century.

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Drei Fälle von Thrombose der Vena magna Galeni werden veröffentlicht. Keine Thrombose anderer Venen oder Sinus durales war vorhanden. Alle drei Fälle waren Frauen. Bei einer Patientin berichtete die Anamnese den Gebrauch eines oralen Kontraceptivum (Lyndiol®). Bei einer anderen traten die Symptome nach Gebrauch von Amitriptylinepamoat (Tryptizol®) auf. Die dritte Patientin litt an Polycytämie, bei der die Thrombose nach Schädelfraktur auftrat. In der Literatur des letzten Jahrhunderts sind keine anderen Fälle verzeichnet, vermutlich weil die klinische Diagnose sehr schweirig ist.

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    G. Th. A. M. Bots

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Bots, G.T.A.M. Thrombosis of the Galenic system veins in the adult. Acta Neuropathol 17, 227–233 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00685056

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