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Int J Angiol 1998; 07(02): 147-149
DOI: 10.1007/BF01618388
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Hyperacute intracerebral hemorrhage due to an occult venous angioma in the contralateral hemisphere of craniotomy: A case report

Nur Altmörs
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Başkent University, Ankara, Turkey
,
Hakan Caner
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Başkent University, Ankara, Turkey
,
Sumru Şekerci
2   Department of Anesthesiology, Başkent University, Ankara, Turkey
,
Beyhan Demirhan
3   Department of Pathology, Başkent University, Ankara, Turkey
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Abstract

A case of acute severe neurologic deterioration following a craniotomy performed for a left frontotemporal arachnoid cyst is reported here. Early postoperative cranial computed tomography (CT) showed a large right parietal intracerebral hematoma which was removed immediately, resulting in neurologic improvement. Surgical and histopathologic observations revealed venous angioma as the cause of the hemorrhage which was not detected on the preoperative cranial CT. Six months postoperatively, the patient developed subdural hematoma over the left cerebral hemisphere with no evidence of trauma.



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Publication Date:
23 April 2011 (online)

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