Contralateral intracerebral hemorrhage after carotid endarterectomy.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Postoperative intracerebral hemorrhage is a rare but devastating complication of carotid endarterectomy. Intracerebral hemorrhage on the side contralateral to the carotid endarterectomy has been reported only twice before in the literature. We present a case of fatal postoperative right intracerebral hemorrhage after left carotid endarterectomy in an 81-year-old patient. A review of the literature and a discussion of the pathophysiology of this condition is presented.
Medical subject headings
- Cerebral Hemorrhage
- Endarterectomy, Carotid