title: Remote cerebellar hemorrhage after intradural disc surgery.
abstract: We report a rare case of remote cerebellar hemorrhage after intradural disc surgery at the L1-2 level. Two days after the spine surgery, patient complained unexpected headache, dizziness, nausea and vomiting. From the urgently conducted brain CT, it was reported that the patient had cerebellar hemorrhage. Occipital craniotomy and hematoma evacuation was performed, and hemorrhagic lesion on the right cerebellum was effectively removed. After occipital craniotomy, the patient showed signs of improvement on headache, dizziness, nausea and vomiting. He was able to leave the hospital after two weeks of initial operation without any neurological deficit. Remote cerebellar hemorrhage following spinal surgery is extremely rare, but may occur from dural damage of spinal surgery, accompanied with cerebrospinal fluid leakage. Early diagnosis is particularly important for the optimal treatment of remote cerebellar hemorrhage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Cheju Halla Hospital, Jeju, Korea.
authors.forename: Je Chul
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Yoo
authors.forename: Jeong Jae
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Dong Woo
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Sangpyung
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lee
keywords: Dural injury; Intradural disc herniation; Remote cerebellar hemorrhage
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