Hyperperfusion syndrome after MCA embolectomy – a rare complication?

Hyperperfusion syndrome after MCA embolectomy – a rare complication?

PATIENT Female, 78 FINAL DIAGNOSIS: Cerebral hyperperfusion syndrome Symptoms: - MEDICATION - Clinical Procedure: Endovascular embolectomy Specialty: Neurology. OBJECTIVE Unknown ethiology. BACKGROUND Cerebral hyperperfusion syndrome (cHS) is a well known but rare complication after carotid endarterectomy, carotid angioplasty with stenting, and stenting of intracranial arterial stenosis. ...

Cerebral Hyperperfusion Syndrome After Angioplasty

Cerebral hyperperfusion syndrome (CHS) was first described by Sundt et al. (1981) as a clinical syndrome following carotid endarterectomy (CEA) characterized by headache, neurological deficit, and epileptic seizures that is not caused by cerebral ischemia. This chapter deals with this uncommon but not exceptional complication of endovascular treatment of the arteries that supply the brain. We u...

Deltoid Compartment Syndrome: A Rare Complication after Humeral Intraosseous Access

We present a case of a 65-year-old woman who developed a delayed deltoid compartment syndrome after resuscitation via humeral intraosseous access. Initially she was treated conservatively but then was taken emergently for a fasciotomy. After confirming the diagnosis with compartment pressures, a 2-incision approach was employed and a large hematoma was evacuated from the inferior margin of the ...

The hyperperfusion syndrome: an under-recognized complication of carotid endarterectomy.

SUBCU TANEOUS FASCIOLIASIS: A RARE COMPLICATION

A case of ectopic fascioliasis due to migration of an immature Fasciola hepatica fluke is described in a 23 year old woman from western Iran.