Clinical Characteristics of Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Single-Centre Experience in China

Table 1

Neurologic features of the 17 patients with SLE and CVST.

Parameter
Age at CVST diagnosis, mean ± SD years	28.4 ± 11.3
CVST as initial feature of SLE	1 (5.9%)
Type of onset
Acute	12 (70.6%)
Progressive	5 (29.4%)
Clinical features of CVST
Persistent headache	15 (88.2%)
Nausea/vomiting	8 (47.1%)
Conscious disturbance	7 (41.2%)
Blurred vision/diplopia	6 (35.3%)
Edema of eyelids or conjunctiva	6 (35.3%)
Seizure	6 (35.3%)
Hearing loss	2 (11.8%)
Site of CVST occlusion
Superior sagittal sinus	6 (35.3%)
Transverse sinuses	14 (82.4%)
Sigmoid sinuses	9 (52.9%)
Inferior sagittal sinus	1 (5.9%)
Elevated CSF pressure	13 (76.5%)
Subarachnoid hemorrhage	4 (23.5%)
Sinusitis	3 (17.6%)
Cerebral ischemia or infarction	2 (11.8%)

Values are the number (percentage); CVST = cerebral venous sinus thrombosis; CSF = cerebrospinal fluid.