title: Bilateral diffuse intracerebral hemorrhagic infarction after cranioplasty with autologous bone graft.
abstract: We present the first case of a bilateral diffuse intracerebral hemorrhagic infarction following cranioplasty using an autologous bone graft. The case is that of a 63-year-old man who had undergone previous decompressive craniectomy due to right middle cerebral artery and posterior cerebral artery territory infarction. In order to avoid this extremely rare complication, the possible pathogenic mechanism underlying the deleterious cascade following cranioplasty is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Institute of Wonkwang Medical Science, 344-2 Shinyong-dong, Iksan 570-749, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Ki Seong
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Eom
authors.forename: Dae Won
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sung Don
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Kang
mesh_terms: D016025:Bone Transplantation; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D003399:Craniotomy; D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D004569:Electroencephalography; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D020244:Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D020762:Infarction, Posterior Cerebral Artery / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous