title: Symptomatic cerebral vasospasm of unusually late onset after aneurysm rupture.
abstract: An unusually late occurrence of symptomatic cerebral vasospasm is reported. The case involves a 50-year-old male who was uneventfully operated on for a ruptured anterior communicating artery aneurysm, with no symptom of cerebral vasospasm, 17 days after sustaining the subarachnoid haemorrhage. Two days after surgery, a right hemiparesis developed and angiography disclosed severe cerebral vasospasm. This case history and the aetiological factors of symptomatic vasospasm are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohno
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Masaoka
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Monma
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsushima
mesh_terms: D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D003399:Craniotomy; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery*; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed