Symptomatic cerebral vasospasm following posterior fossa hemangioblastoma resection: illustrative case.
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2022
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Hiwase, A.D.
Kalyanasundaram, K.
Bak, V.-S.
Laden, S.M.
Ovenden, C.D.
Wells, A.J.
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Journal of Neurosurgery. Case lessons, 2022; 3(13):CASE21492-1-CASE21492-6
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Abhiram D. Hiwase, Kaviya Kalyanasundaram, Vi-Seth Bak, Stephanie M. Laden, Christopher D. Ovenden, and Adam J. Wells
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Background: Symptomatic cerebral vasospasm following posterior fossa intra-axial tumor resection is a rare phenomenon with only seven cases previously reported in the literature. The condition appears distinct to vasospasm following supratentorial tumor resection and extra-axial tumor resection of the posterior fossa. It shares, however, similarities with vasospasm following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Observations: The authors describe their experience with a 23-year-old female who developed delayed symptomatic vasospasm following resection of a left parapontine cerebellar hemangioblastoma. Tumor resection was complicated by rupture of a fragile arterialized vein, resulting in significant hemorrhage. The patient developed several episodes of focal and variably reversible neurological deficit. These clinical signs corresponded with angiographically confirmed vasospasm, which responded to standard therapies for vasospasm post aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Lessons: This case and literature review highlight that symptomatic vasospasm is a rare, potentially highly morbid complication of posterior fossa intra-axial tumor resection. This phenomenon may be related to significant intraoperative or postoperative hemorrhage. Postoperative radiological findings such as high risk modified Fisher scale hemorrhage could alert clinicians to this condition.
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© 2022 The authors, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).