Erschienen in:
10.07.2018 | Case Report - Functional Neurosurgery - Epilepsy
Diffuse vasospasm after transcortical temporal lobectomy for intractable epilepsy
verfasst von:
James Charles Dickerson, Joaquin Andres Hidalgo, Zachary Stidham Smalley, James Mason Shiflett
Erschienen in:
Acta Neurochirurgica
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Ausgabe 9/2018
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Abstract
Cerebral delayed ischemia due to arterial vasospasm is a rare complication following epilepsy surgery. Here we report the third known case and first of diffuse vasospasm. A 48-year-old woman underwent a transcortical anterior left temporal lobectomy. Eleven days later, she had new-onset expressive aphasia with narrowing of the anterior, middle, and posterior cerebral arteries, and increased velocities via transcranial Doppler. She was treated with fluids, nimodipine, and permissive hypertension. At 6 months, her speech was near baseline. Cerebral vasospasm may represent a rare cause of morbidity after anterior temporal lobectomy; a literature review on the subject is presented.