TY - JOUR
T1 - Intracranial hemorrhage due to intracranial hypertension caused by the superior vena cava syndrome
AU - Bartek, Jiri
AU - Abedi-Valugerdi, Golbarg
AU - Liska, Jan
AU - Nyström, Harriet
AU - Andresen, Morten
AU - Mathiesen, Tiit
N1 - Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
PY - 2013/7
Y1 - 2013/7
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
U2 - 10.1016/j.jocn.2012.10.012
DO - 10.1016/j.jocn.2012.10.012
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 23665082
SN - 1532-2653
VL - 20
SP - 1040
EP - 1041
JO - Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia
JF - Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia
IS - 7
ER -