[Basal ganglion bleeding after the surgical decompression of the craniovertebral junction].
A case of postoperative haemorrhage into the basal ganglia following decompression of the craniovertebral junction in a 35-year-old patient is presented. Similar cases in the literature of intracerebral bleeding remote from the site of surgery are reviewed and the possible pathogenesis of this unusual complication discussed.
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Division of Neurosurgery, King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh.
D000328:Adult; D001480:Basal Ganglia Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D002526:Cerebellar Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008793:Metrizamide; D009192:Myelography; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D011391:Prolapse / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D012886:Skull / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D008793:Metrizamide
Stammganglienblutung nach operativer Dekompression des kranio-vertebralen Ubergangs.