Hemorrhage or Ischemia? The Importance of 'Spotting' it Right.
Neurocrit Care
; 23(1): 113-5, 2015 Aug.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-25650013
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
A 78-year-old woman was transferred directly to an ICU because of intracerebral hemorrhage. However, on careful review of the initial imaging, the likely diagnosis was ischemic stroke and reperfusion hemorrhage.METHODS:
Case report was explained.RESULTS:
The patient suffered significant reperfusion hemorrhage. A CT angiogram revealed contrast extravasation "spot sign" in the bed of the expanding hemorrhage and an occlusive thromboembolism distal to the initial ischemic insult.CONCLUSION:
In this case of embolic ischemic stroke with reperfusion hemorrhage, contrast extravasation "spot sign" was associated with hematoma expansion.
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Coleções:
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Traumatismo por Reperfusão
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Hemorragia Cerebral
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Isquemia Encefálica
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Acidente Vascular Cerebral
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Neurocrit Care
Assunto da revista:
NEUROLOGIA
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TERAPIA INTENSIVA
Ano de publicação:
2015
Tipo de documento:
Article