Abstract

Essential thrombocythemia (ET) is a myeloproliferative disease with megakaryocytic hyperplasia in bone marrow. Even though thrombo haemorrhagic complications are common in ET, cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) is an unusual presentation. We describe a Sri Lankan female with severe CVT due to ET treated with lumbo peritoneal shunting.

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