title: Infarction of the lateral posterior choroidal artery territory after manipulation of the choroid plexus at the atrium: causal association with subependymal artery injury.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The atrium of the lateral ventricle is often affected by tumors, and some patients with these tumors suffer neurological deficits, including hemiparesis after surgery. The authors of this study investigated the possible mechanisms causing the relatively high incidences of ischemic complications associated with surgery approaching the atrium of the lateral ventricle.
  
  
  METHODS
  Clinical records and radiological images of 28 patients were retrospectively studied. These patients had their lateral ventricles opened at the atrium during the resection of gliomas as well as other nonbenign brain tumors, and were treated for gliomas at our tertiary referral center in the Tohoku district, Japan, between January 2008 and December 2010.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Routine postoperative diffusion-weighted MR images obtained within 72 hours after surgery detected infarction in the periatrial/periventricular regions in 7 patients, presumably corresponding to the lateral posterior choroidal artery (LPChA) territory. Five of these 7 patients suffered neurological sequelae with varying severities. The choroid plexus at the atrium was coagulated to achieve hemostasis during the surgery in all of these patients. Detailed analysis of microangiograms revealed ventriculofugal arteries arising from the lateral ventricle. Damage of the subependymal artery that supplies the ventriculofugal arteries caused by coagulation of the choroid plexus at the atrium probably resulted in the infarction in these patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Neurosurgeons must be aware of the possibility of LPChA territory infarction during surgery in the atrial or periatrial regions caused by subependymal artery obstruction after manipulating or coagulating the choroid plexus near the atrium.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: Ryuta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Toshihiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kumabe
authors.forename: Yukihiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sonoda
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kanamori
authors.forename: Shunji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mugikura
authors.forename: Shoki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Teiji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tominaga
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000209:etiology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000601:surgery*; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D002831:Choroid Plexus / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D004805:Ependyma / Q000098:blood supply / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D020547:Lateral Ventricles / Q000098:blood supply / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects; D012189:Retrospective Studies