Intracranial hemorrhage due to intracranial hypertension caused by the superior vena cava syndrome

Jiri Bartek, Golbarg Abedi-Valugerdi, Jan Liska, Harriet Nyström, Morten Andresen, Tiit Mathiesen

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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.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftJournal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia
Vol/bind20
Udgave nummer7
Sider (fra-til)1040-1
Antal sider2
DOI
StatusUdgivet - jul. 2013

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