Bilateral diffuse intracerebral hemorrhagic infarction after cranioplasty with autologous bone graft.
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.
Eom
Ki Seong
KS
Department of Neurosurgery, Institute of Wonkwang Medical Science, 344-2 Shinyong-dong, Iksan 570-749, Republic of Korea.
Kim
Dae Won
DW
Kang
Sung Don
SD
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