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ArticleBMC neurology2018

A case report of delayed cortical infarction adjacent to sulcal clots after traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage in the absence of proximal vasospasm.

Christian Schinke, Viktor Horst, Ludwig Schlemm, Matthias Wawra, Michael Scheel, Jed A Hartings, Jens P Dreier

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Article in BMC neurology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Christian SchinkeDepartment of Neurology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.
Viktor HorstCenter for Stroke Research Berlin, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.
Ludwig SchlemmDepartment of Neurology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.
Matthias WawraDepartment of Neurology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.
Michael ScheelDepartment of Neuroradiology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.
Jed A HartingsDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Jens P DreierDepartment of Neurology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany. jens.dreier@charite.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7459-2828
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin · DEUniversity of Cincinnati Medical Center · US

Funding

Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung Center for Stroke Research Berlin 01 EO 0801Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft DFG DR 323/10-1Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft DFG DR 323/5-1European Research Council FP7 602150 CENTER-TBI
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCortical ischemic lesions represent the predominant pathomorphological pattern of focal lesions after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH). Autopsy studies suggest that they occur adjacent to subarachnoid blood and are related to spasm of small cortical rather than proximal arteries. Recent clinical monitoring studies showed that cortical spreading depolarizations, which induce cortical arterial spasms, are involved in lesion development. If subarachnoid blood induces adjacent cortical lesions, it would be expected that (i) they also develop after traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage (tSAH), and (ii) lesions after tSAH can occur in absence of angiographic vasospasm, as was found for aSAH. CASE PRESENTATION: An 86-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with fluctuating consciousness after hitting her head during a fall. The initial computed tomography (CT) was significant for tSAH in cortical sulci. On day 8, the patient experienced a secondary neurological deterioration with reduced consciousness and global aphasia. Whereas the CT scan on day 9 was still unremarkable, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) on day 10 revealed new cortical laminar infarcts adjacent to sulcal blood clots. Proximal vasospasm was ruled out using MR and CT angiography and Doppler sonography. CT on day 14 confirmed the delayed infarcts.

conclusionsWe describe a case of delayed cortical infarcts around sulcal blood clots after tSAH in the absence of proximal vasospasm, similar to results found previously for aSAH. As for aSAH, this case suggests that assessment of angiographic vasospasm is not sufficient to screen for risk of delayed infarcts after tSAH. Electrocorticography is suggested as a complementary method to monitor the hypothesized mechanism of spreading depolarizations.

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Aged, 80 and overCerebral InfarctionComputed Tomography AngiographyElectrocorticographyFemaleHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingSubarachnoid Hemorrhage, TraumaticThrombosisTomography, X-Ray ComputedVasospasm, IntracranialCortical spreading depolarizationDelayed ischemic neurological deficitsTraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage

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