Neurocritical care, 2013-02, Vol.18 (1), p.84-88
2013
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- Titel
- Symptomatic Cerebral Vasospasm Following Resection of a Medulloblastoma in a Child
- Ist Teil von
- Neurocritical care, 2013-02, Vol.18 (1), p.84-88
- Ort / Verlag
- New York: Humana Press Inc
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2013
- Quelle
- SpringerLink
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- Background Vasospasm may occur following intracranial tumor resection but is uncommon following resection of tumors in the posterior fossa. Methods Case report. Results Here, we report an unusual pediatric case of symptomatic cerebral vasospasm following resection of a posterior fossa medulloblastoma in a 10-year-old child. CT angiogram and serial Transcranial Doppler (TCD) studies confirmed the presence of vasospasm and response to hemodynamic augmentation therapy, resulting in favorable outcome. Conclusion This case illustrates an unusual complication of posterior fossa tumor resection, and the potential utility of TCD studies in the detection and management of vasospasm in pediatric neurocritical care.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 1541-6933eISSN: 1556-0961DOI: 10.1007/s12028-012-9769-yTitel-ID: cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1427010672
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- Schlagworte
- Aneurysms, Brain cancer, Cerebellar Neoplasms - surgery, Cerebral Angiography, Child, Children & youth, Critical Care Medicine, Female, Gait, Headaches, Hemodynamics, Humans, Infratentorial Neoplasms - surgery, Intensive, Internal Medicine, Ischemia, Medicine, Medicine & Public Health, Medulloblastoma - surgery, Nausea, Neurology, Neurosurgical Procedures - adverse effects, Pediatrics, Practical Pearl, Traumatic brain injury, Ultrasonography, Doppler, Transcranial, Vasospasm, Intracranial - diagnostic imaging, Vasospasm, Intracranial - etiology, Vomiting