Severe symptomatic vasospasm after rupture of an arteriovenous malformation.
A 31-year-old woman had intracerebral and intraventricular hemorrhage from an arteriovenous malformation. Vasospasm of the internal carotid arteries developed and was treated with angioplasty. On initial CT scans, only traces of blood were seen in the basal cisterns; thus, the development of symptomatic vasospasm was an unexpected complication.
Kothbauer
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Department of Neurosurgery, University of Bern, Switzerland.
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D000328:Adult; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed