Cerebral vasculitis as a rare cause of low bispectral index values.
A case of low baseline bispectral index (BIS) values in a patient undergoing cerebral angiography followed by coil embolization of a basilar artery aneurysm is presented. A generalized cortical hypoperfusion was observed on angiography, suggestive of vasculitis. This finding was the cause of the low BIS values.
Department of Neuroanaesthesiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110029, India. prabhakarhemanshu@rediffmail.com
Hemanshu
H
Prabhakar
Zulfiqar
Z
Ali
Neelofar
N
Hassan
Edmund J
EJ
Moses
D000328:Adult; D002533:Cerebral Angiography / Q000379:methods; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D056805:Consciousness Monitors; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000628:therapy*; D020293:Vasculitis, Central Nervous System / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis