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A rare case of aseptic thrombosis of the right vein of Labbé in a young woman is reported. Cerebral venous thrombosis was suggested by computed tomography and confirmed by angiography. Mild left-sided neurological deficits resolved almost completely. The combination of a nonspecific clinical picture with an atypical lesion on CT may favour the diagnosis of cortical venous thrombosis.
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Dorndorf, D., Wessel, K., Kessler, C. et al. Thrombosis of the right vein of Labbé: radiological and clinical findings. Neuroradiology 35, 202–204 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00588494
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