title: Intracranial hemorrhage due to intracranial hypertension caused by the superior vena cava syndrome.
abstract: We report a patient with intracranial hemorrhage secondary to venous hypertension as a result of a giant aortic pseudoaneurysm that compressed the superior vena cava and caused obstruction of the venous return from the brain. To our knowledge, this is the first patient reported to have an intracranial hemorrhage secondary to a superior vena cava syndrome. The condition appears to be caused by a reversible transient rise in intracranial pressure, as a result of compression of the venous return from the brain. Treatment consisted of surgery for the aortic pseudoaneurysm, which led to normalization of the intracranial pressure and resorption of the intracranial hemorrhage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. jiri.bartek@karolinska.se
authors.forename: Jiri
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bartek
authors.forename: Golbarg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Abedi-Valugerdi
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liska
authors.forename: Harriet
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nyström
authors.forename: Morten
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Andresen
authors.forename: Tiit
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mathiesen
mesh_terms: D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000150:complications*; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020300:Intracranial Hemorrhages / Q000209:etiology*; D019586:Intracranial Hypertension / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013479:Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / Q000150:complications*