title: Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Following Angioplasty and Stenting in a Patient with Primitive Drainage Pattern of the Basal Vein of Rosenthal.
abstract: Severe visual loss may occur in patients with pseudotumor cerebri (PTC), also known as idiopathic intracranial hypertension. Transverse sinus stenosis is 1 cause of PTC syndrome. Although the role of transverse sinus stenosis in the pathogenesis of the disease remains controversial, recent case series of transverse sinus stenting have reported very high rates of symptom response and resolution of papilledema with improvement or at least stabilization of the visual fields and visual acuity (Ahmed et al., 2011).1We report a previously unpublished complication of diffuse, nonaneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage following angioplasty and stenting in a patient with refractory PTC.
authors.affiliation: Doheny Eye Institute, Los Angeles, California; Doheny Eye Center, Department of Ophthalmology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California; Ottawa Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada. Electronic address: karanjia@jsei.ucla.edu.
authors.forename: Rustum
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Karanjia
authors.affiliation: Doheny Eye Institute, Los Angeles, California; Doheny Eye Center, Department of Ophthalmology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California.
authors.forename: Alfredo A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Sadun
authors.affiliation: Huntington Hospital, Pasadena, California.
authors.forename: Angelos A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Konstas
mesh_terms: D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation*; D020785:Central Nervous System Vascular Malformations / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D002533:Cerebral Angiography / Q000379:methods; D002550:Cerebral Veins / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D000072226:Computed Tomography Angiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010690:Phlebography / Q000379:methods; D011559:Pseudotumor Cerebri / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D015607:Stents; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D054064:Transverse Sinuses / Q000503:physiopathology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology
keywords: Pseudotumor cerebri; basal vein of Rosenthal; idiopathic intracranial hypertension; stent; subarachnoid hemorrhage; transverse sinus stenosis