title: Severe cerebral vasospasm caused by non-aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage treatment with transluminal balloon angioplasty.
abstract: Non-aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (NSAH) is a benign form of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). The angiographic changes of cerebral vasospasm (CVS) are uncommon in patients with this type of SAH. NSAH is uniformly associated with an excellent outcome without associated rebleeding or symptomatic CVS. We report a patient with NSAH who developed severe and diffuse CVS. He was treated with transluminal balloon angioplasty because he has been refractory to conventional treatment measures for CVS.
authors.affiliation: Inönü University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Malatya, Turkey. akocak@inonu.edu.tr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Koçak
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saraç
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ateş
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Caylỳ
mesh_terms: D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D020301:Vasospasm, Intracranial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*