Hyperperfusion syndrome after stent/coiling of a ruptured carotid bifurcation aneurysm.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-1-2013

Institution/Department

Surgery, Critical Care

Journal Title

Neurocrit Care

MeSH Headings

Aneurysm, Ruptured, Brain Edema, Carotid Artery Diseases, Cerebral Angiography, Cerebrum, Endovascular Procedures, Female, Humans, Middle Aged, Middle Cerebral Artery, Reperfusion Injury, Stents, Syndrome, Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Abstract

The authors report a syndrome of regional, symptomatic cerebral hyperperfusion, and edema mimicking infarction in a 54-year-old woman following coiling of a ruptured right carotid bifurcation aneurysm and stenting of the right middle cerebral artery. The patient presented with a Hunt and Hess grade III subarachnoid hemorrhage 7 days after developing thunderclap headache. She underwent successful coiling under general anesthesia of the 1.6 × 1.5 × 1.6 cm aneurysm, but immediately after the coil was placed occlusion of the proximal M1 segment was developed. This occlusion was stented after ~5-min delay, and flow restored without angiographic evidence of distal emboli. Following the procedure, she was extubated and noted to have left hemiparesis, neglect, and mutism without a CT correlate. Cerebral infarction was suspected, but urgent repeat angiography demonstrated patent cerebral vasculature. On the following day, symptoms persisted, and non-contrast head CT now showed cerebral edema localized to the right middle cerebral artery territory mimicking subacute infarction. CT perfusion imaging and angiography showed a widely patent MCA circulation, and suggested a regional hyperperfusion syndrome. The blood pressure was incrementally lowered, with rapid and sustained neurological improvement. Hyperperfusion events following aneurysm repair and related circumstances are reviewed.

ISSN

1556-0961

First Page

54

Last Page

58

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