Successful stereotaxic evacuation of an acute pontomedullary hematoma. Case report.
A healthy young woman developed a rapidly progressive pontomedullary lesion 24 hours after delivery of her first child. The lesion was shown on computerized tomography (CT) to be a primary hematoma. Stereotaxic aspiration was carried out, and the patient recovered. Angiography and CT scanning demonstrated a vascular lesion compatible with an arteriovenous malformation.
D000328:Adult; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006406:Hematoma / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D011149:Pons; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques