Cerebellar hemorrhage caused by remote neurological surgery.
BACKGROUND
Intracranial hemorrhage usually occurs as a complication of hypertension, coagulopathy, or trauma. In rare instances, remote cerebellar hemorrhage (RCH) may complicate supratentorial or spinal surgery.


METHODS
Retrospective case series study.


RESULTS
We describe three cases of RCH complicating spinal and cranial surgical procedures associated with cerebrospinal fluid hypotension.


CONCLUSIONS
Remote cerebellar intracranial hemorrhage may complicate neurosurgical procedures in which cerebrospinal fluid hypotension occurs.
Chalela
Julio A
JA
Department of Neurosurgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA. chalela@musc.edu
Monroe
Timothy
T
Kelley
Maggie
M
Auler
Mark
M
Bryant
Tanya
T
Vandergrift
Alexander
A
Bailey
Byron
B
Rumbold
Zoran
Z
D000368:Aged; D020201:Brain Hemorrhage, Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D015600:Glasgow Coma Scale; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D007022:Hypotension / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D007796:Laminectomy / Q000379:methods*; D008161:Lumbosacral Region; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013130:Spinal Stenosis / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014696:Ventriculostomy