Demonstration of Traumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage from the Anterior Choroidal Artery.
10.3340/jkns.2014.56.6.531
- Author:
Ki Bum SIM
1
;
Sukh Que PARK
;
H Alex CHOI
;
Daniel H KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Neurosurgery, Jeju National University Hospital, Jeju National University College of Medicine, Jeju, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage;
Anterior choroidal artery;
Transection;
Angiography;
Cadaver
- MeSH:
Angiography;
Arteries*;
Brain;
Cadaver;
Carotid Artery, Internal;
Cerebral Angiography;
Choroid*;
Craniocerebral Trauma;
Diagnosis, Differential;
Humans;
Male;
Pneumocephalus;
Rupture;
Skull Fractures;
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage;
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Traumatic*;
Visual Pathways
- From:Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
2014;56(6):531-533
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
We present a case of angiographically confirmed transection of the cisternal segment of the anterior choroidal artery (AChA) associated with a severe head trauma in a 15-year old boy. The initial brain computed tomography scan revealed a diffuse subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and pneumocephalus with multiple skull fractures. Subsequent cerebral angiography clearly demonstrated a complete transection of the AChA at its origin with a massive extravasation of contrast medium as a jet trajectory creating a plume. We speculate that severe blunt traumatic force stretched and tore the left AChA between the internal carotid artery and the optic tract. In a simulation of the patient's brain using a fresh-frozen male cadaver, the AChA is shown to be vulnerable to stretching injury as the ipsilateral optic tract is retracted. We conclude that the arterial injury like an AChA rupture should be considered in the differential diagnosis of severe traumatic SAH.
