[Cerebellar Infarction After Carbon Monoxide Poisoning and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy]

Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther. 2017 Jun;52(6):463-470. doi: 10.1055/s-0043-105146. Epub 2017 Jun 14.
[Article in German]

Abstract

We report on a patient who developed a space-occupying cerebellar infarction with occlusive hydrocephalus after a poisoning with carbon monoxide with the intention to commit suicide. A neurosurgical and intensive care therapy were needed. The patient's survival without severe neurological deficits could be secured due to the early detection of the intracerebral lesions.

Es wird von einem Patienten berichtet, der nach einem Suizidversuch mittels Kohlenmonoxidintoxikation einen raumfordernden Kleinhirninfarkt und konsekutiven okklusiven Hydrozephalus entwickelte. Durch das rechtzeitige Detektieren der intrazerebralen Läsion konnte ein Überleben des Patienten ohne schwerwiegendes neurologisches Defizit ermöglicht werden.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Carbon Monoxide Poisoning / complications*
  • Carbon Monoxide Poisoning / therapy
  • Cerebral Infarction / diagnostic imaging
  • Cerebral Infarction / etiology*
  • Cerebral Infarction / surgery
  • Female
  • Glasgow Coma Scale
  • Humans
  • Hydrocephalus / etiology
  • Hydrocephalus / therapy
  • Hyperbaric Oxygenation / adverse effects*
  • Hyperbaric Oxygenation / methods
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Neurosurgical Procedures
  • Suicide, Attempted