and ophthalmological follow-up, especially during the first
year [36]. Cognitive and neurological sequelae have also been
reported and may require rehabilitation and longer-term
therapy [37]. Occasionally, patients with cryptogenic CVST
later manifest symptoms of an underlying disease. The outcome
of CVST is therefore generally favorable, and aggressive
and potentially dangerous therapeutic interventions should
be confined to those patients who deteriorate rapidly despite
heparin or who demonstrate poor prognostic indicators.