Late stroke after foam sclerotherapy.

Abstract

Foam sclerotherapy is a safe, effective and increasingly widespread method of treating varicose veins. A case of ischemic stroke is described with reversible symptoms five days after polidocanol foam sclerotherapy was repeated in a 48-year-old female patient with a patent foramen ovale that was undetected at the time of sclerotherapy. The first foam sclerotherapy treatment had been tolerated well without complications. While acute neurological events immediately after sclerotherapy for varicose veins have been described repeatedly in the literature, this report is only the third case described worldwide of paradoxical embolism as a possible late complication of foam sclerotherapy for varicose veins.

• Authors: M Hahn, T Schulz, M Jünger
• Journal: VASA. Zeitschrift fur Gefasskrankheiten (Vasa) Vol. 39 Issue 1 Pg. 108-10 (Feb 2010) ISSN: 0301-1526 [Print] Switzerland
• PMID: 20186684 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Tissue Adhesives
• Polidocanol
• Polyethylene Glycols

Topics

• Embolism (etiology)
• Female
• Humans
• Middle Aged
• Polidocanol
• Polyethylene Glycols (adverse effects, therapeutic use)
• Sclerotherapy (adverse effects)
• Stroke (etiology)
• Tissue Adhesives (adverse effects, therapeutic use)
• Ultrasonography
• Varicose Veins (diagnostic imaging, therapy)
• Venous Insufficiency (diagnostic imaging, therapy)