Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) is characterized by a thrombus that forms in the cerebral venous sinuses and is most often spoken about in terms of the progressive, dull, pressure-type holocephalic headache it produces. Though women immediately postpartum are at the highest risk of developing CVST, young women who smoke in addition to taking oral contraception medications are at particularly high risk compared to the average population. The most common venous sinus involved in CVST is the superior sagittal sinus. Complications of CVST extend far beyond headache as increased intracranial pressure, cerebral edema, subarachnoid hemorrhage, alterations in consciousness, and papilledema commonly occur depending on severity and location.