title: Extracranial-intracranial arterial bypass after cerebral foreign body embolization: effective treatment of transient ischemic attacks.
abstract: A case of traumatic foreign body embolism into the right intracranial carotid artery with stenosis of the right middle cerebral artery in a 9-year-old boy is presented. Initial hemiparesis and a consecutive asymptomatic interval of 12 months were followed by a period of frequent transient ischemic attacks. After an extracranial-intracranial arterial bypass had been performed 18 months later, symptoms ceased without relapse. A thorough review of the literature demonstrates the rare incidence of this entity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Karl Franzens University, Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Haselsberger
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Oberbauer
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002548:Cerebral Revascularization / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D002542:Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*