[Complication following embolization of a meningioma]

Clin Neuroradiol. 2010 Dec;20(4):237-41. doi: 10.1007/s00062-010-0041-6.
[Article in German]

Abstract

This report concerns a 41-year-old female patient with a huge meningioma which was preoperatively embolized with polyvinyl alcohol particles (PVA, 100-300 μm) via the left middle meningeal artery. Dangerous vascular anastomoses were not previously recognized in a superselective angiography. Aphasia and hemiparesis on the right side occurred immediately after the embolization. A cerebral infarct was seen in the region of the left pericallosal artery. The patient applied to the fact-finding board for medical liability and a neuroradiologic opinion was requested. The board came to the conclusion that no incorrect medical treatment had been carried out.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aphasia / diagnostic imaging
  • Aphasia / etiology*
  • Cerebral Infarction / diagnostic imaging
  • Cerebral Infarction / etiology*
  • Female
  • Germany
  • Humans
  • Liability, Legal
  • Medical Errors
  • Meningeal Neoplasms / complications*
  • Meningeal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Meningeal Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Meningioma / complications*
  • Meningioma / diagnostic imaging
  • Meningioma / therapy*
  • Paresis / diagnostic imaging
  • Paresis / etiology*
  • Radiography
  • Treatment Failure