Korean Journal of Cerebrovascular Disease  2002;4(1):58-62

Intracerebral Hematoma after Reperfusion Procedures in Cerebral Ischemia.

Hyung Kyun RHA 1 ; Kyung Jin LEE ; Sung Lim KIM ; Won Il JOO ; Hea Kwan PARK ; Jung Ki JO ; Dal Soo KIM ; Moon Chan KIM ; Chang Rak CHOI

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Keywords

Reperfusion procedure; Cerebral ischemia; Reperfusion injury; Bypass; Defective autoregulation

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

Korean

Abstract

Intracerebral hematoma (ICH) after reperfusion procedure in cerebral ischemia is a rare but serious complication. The authors present 4 cases with ICH after reperfusion procedures in cerebral ischemia. First case is ICH after superficial temporal artery-middle cerebral artery anastomosis in moyamoya patient, second case is ICH after graft bypass usuing saphenous vein in traumatic carotid artery injury patient, third case is ICH after intra-arterial urokinase therapy in acute internal carotid artery occlusion and forth case is ICH after temporary clipping to the middle cerebral artery in middle cerebral artery aneurysm surgery. Defective cerebrovascular autoregulation in ischemic brain regions may predispose patients to ICH after reperfusion procedure in cerebral ischemia. The authors suggest reperfusion procedure in ischemia must be executed prudently because of possibility of reperfusion injury including ICH.