Remote Intracranial Hemorrhage after Cranio-Spinal Surgery. Report of Two Cases

Post-operative intracranial bleeding at a distance from the surgical site is a rare complication of both cranial and spinal surgeries and is referred to as remote intracranial hemorrhage (RIH). Bleeding typically occurs in the cerebellum. Simultaneous hemorrhages in different cranial compartments ha...

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Main Authors: Steffy Larroze, Valentina Lolli, Niloufar Sadeghi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2020-11-01
Series:Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology
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ct
mri
Online Access:https://www.jbsr.be/articles/2259
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spelling doaj-1bb77041ec0d4ac0bd16590fa5c15ac32020-12-10T13:40:08ZengUbiquity PressJournal of the Belgian Society of Radiology2514-82812020-11-01104110.5334/jbsr.22591337Remote Intracranial Hemorrhage after Cranio-Spinal Surgery. Report of Two CasesSteffy Larroze0Valentina Lolli1Niloufar Sadeghi2Erasme HospitalErasme HospitalErasme HospitalPost-operative intracranial bleeding at a distance from the surgical site is a rare complication of both cranial and spinal surgeries and is referred to as remote intracranial hemorrhage (RIH). Bleeding typically occurs in the cerebellum. Simultaneous hemorrhages in different cranial compartments have been rarely observed. We herein report two cases of RIH, which showed different imaging patterns and clinical signs and symptoms. RIH are typically self-limiting and do not usually require treatment. Physicians must be aware of this benign entity which needs not be misdiagnosed with other conditions. Teaching point: Remote intracranial hemorrhage is a rare but worthy of note complication of cranio-spinal surgery.https://www.jbsr.be/articles/2259remote cerebellar hemorrhageintracranial hemorrhagedural tearctmri
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author Steffy Larroze
Valentina Lolli
Niloufar Sadeghi
spellingShingle Steffy Larroze
Valentina Lolli
Niloufar Sadeghi
Remote Intracranial Hemorrhage after Cranio-Spinal Surgery. Report of Two Cases
Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology
remote cerebellar hemorrhage
intracranial hemorrhage
dural tear
ct
mri
author_facet Steffy Larroze
Valentina Lolli
Niloufar Sadeghi
author_sort Steffy Larroze
title Remote Intracranial Hemorrhage after Cranio-Spinal Surgery. Report of Two Cases
title_short Remote Intracranial Hemorrhage after Cranio-Spinal Surgery. Report of Two Cases
title_full Remote Intracranial Hemorrhage after Cranio-Spinal Surgery. Report of Two Cases
title_fullStr Remote Intracranial Hemorrhage after Cranio-Spinal Surgery. Report of Two Cases
title_full_unstemmed Remote Intracranial Hemorrhage after Cranio-Spinal Surgery. Report of Two Cases
title_sort remote intracranial hemorrhage after cranio-spinal surgery. report of two cases
publisher Ubiquity Press
series Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology
issn 2514-8281
publishDate 2020-11-01
description Post-operative intracranial bleeding at a distance from the surgical site is a rare complication of both cranial and spinal surgeries and is referred to as remote intracranial hemorrhage (RIH). Bleeding typically occurs in the cerebellum. Simultaneous hemorrhages in different cranial compartments have been rarely observed. We herein report two cases of RIH, which showed different imaging patterns and clinical signs and symptoms. RIH are typically self-limiting and do not usually require treatment. Physicians must be aware of this benign entity which needs not be misdiagnosed with other conditions. Teaching point: Remote intracranial hemorrhage is a rare but worthy of note complication of cranio-spinal surgery.
topic remote cerebellar hemorrhage
intracranial hemorrhage
dural tear
ct
mri
url https://www.jbsr.be/articles/2259
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