An unusual cause of seizures after cardiopulmonary bypass.
We present a case of a 34-yr-old woman who developed seizures after an open-heart procedure requiring cardiopulmonary bypass. The seizures were most likely caused by previously undiagnosed neurocysticercosis and may also have been contributed to by cardiopulmonary bypass.
Wong
Alvin P
AP
Department of Anesthesia, Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas, Texas.
Huss
Michael G
MG
D000328:Adult; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D020019:Neurocysticercosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012640:Seizures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed