Extracranial-intracranial arterial bypass after cerebral foreign body embolization: effective treatment of transient ischemic attacks.

Abstract

A case of traumatic foreign body embolism into the right intracranial carotid artery with stenosis of the right middle cerebral artery in a 9-year-old boy is presented. Initial hemiparesis and a consecutive asymptomatic interval of 12 months were followed by a period of frequent transient ischemic attacks. After an extracranial-intracranial arterial bypass had been performed 18 months later, symptoms ceased without relapse. A thorough review of the literature demonstrates the rare incidence of this entity.

• Authors: K Haselsberger, R W Oberbauer
• Journal: Neurosurgery (Neurosurgery) Vol. 31 Issue 1 Pg. 141-4 (Jul 1992) ISSN: 0148-396X [Print] United States
• PMID: 1641095 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Review)

Topics

• Brain (diagnostic imaging, surgery)
• Cerebral Angiography
• Cerebral Revascularization (methods)
• Child
• Foreign-Body Migration (diagnostic imaging, surgery)
• Humans
• Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis (diagnostic imaging, surgery)
• Ischemic Attack, Transient (diagnostic imaging, surgery)
• Male
• Neurologic Examination
• Tomography, X-Ray Computed
• Wounds, Penetrating (diagnostic imaging, surgery)