Unexpected arterial recanalization after decompressive hemicraniectomy

Evguenia Vassileva; Petar Stoyanov; Evgenii Vavrek; Paraskeva Stamenova

doi:10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2013.05.023

Unexpected arterial recanalization after decompressive hemicraniectomy

J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2013 Nov;22(8):e661-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2013.05.023. Epub 2013 Jun 22.

Authors

Evguenia Vassileva¹, Petar Stoyanov, Evgenii Vavrek, Paraskeva Stamenova

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurology at the University Hospital "Tsaritsa Yoanna-ISUL," Sofia, Bulgaria. Electronic address: iruschev@yahoo.com.

PMID: 23800504
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2013.05.023

Abstract

We report a 43-year-old patient with malignant embolic ischemic stroke in the right middle cerebral artery (MCA), treated by decompressive hemicraniectomy. Cerebrovascular ultrasound detected a subtotally occluding thrombus in the right internal carotid artery and a partial occlusion of the ipsilateral MCA. After the surgery, complete recanalization of the affected vessels was observed.

Keywords: Decompressive surgery; arterial recanalization; cerebrovascular ultrasound; middle cerebral artery; stroke.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Decompressive Craniectomy*
Echocardiography, Doppler, Color
Humans
Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / diagnosis
Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / surgery*
Male
Treatment Outcome
Ultrasonography, Doppler, Transcranial