Delayed cerebral edema: Possible association with an inflammatory foreign body reaction
Background: In general, most occurrences of peritumoral edema will undergo a gradual decrease in size after successful surgical removal of the tumor. However, delayed enlargement of cerebral edema several weeks after complete tumor removal without surgical complications is very rare. Case: A 60-year...
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doaj-2d0bc518e687414f855d4fa627d50e732021-07-17T04:34:10ZengElsevierInterdisciplinary Neurosurgery2214-75192021-09-0125101207Delayed cerebral edema: Possible association with an inflammatory foreign body reactionSook Young Sim0Chan-Young Choi1Department of Neurosurgery, Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital, Goyang, Republic of KoreaCorresponding author at: Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital, 170, Juhwa-ro, Ilsanseo-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do 10380, Republic of Korea.; Department of Neurosurgery, Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital, Goyang, Republic of KoreaBackground: In general, most occurrences of peritumoral edema will undergo a gradual decrease in size after successful surgical removal of the tumor. However, delayed enlargement of cerebral edema several weeks after complete tumor removal without surgical complications is very rare. Case: A 60-year-old male presented with progressive clumsiness of his right hand and was diagnosed with a convexity meningioma. The tumor was completely resected and a few small pieces of oxidative cellulose and gelatin sponge were applied to the tumor resection bed for hemostasis. The patient had recurrent symptoms two weeks after surgery and follow-up images showed an extensive area of newly developed cerebral edema with subdural exudate containing a focal collection of gas. The clinical and radiologic findings were completely resolved with two weeks of steroid treatment and osmotherapy. Conclusion: An inflammatory foreign body reaction to surgical biomaterial can be associated with delayed cerebral edema and should be considered in the differential diagnosis.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214751921001195Cerebral edemaComplicationForeign bodyInflammationMeningiomaPostoperative |
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Delayed cerebral edema: Possible association with an inflammatory foreign body reaction |
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Delayed cerebral edema: Possible association with an inflammatory foreign body reaction |
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Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery |
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Background: In general, most occurrences of peritumoral edema will undergo a gradual decrease in size after successful surgical removal of the tumor. However, delayed enlargement of cerebral edema several weeks after complete tumor removal without surgical complications is very rare. Case: A 60-year-old male presented with progressive clumsiness of his right hand and was diagnosed with a convexity meningioma. The tumor was completely resected and a few small pieces of oxidative cellulose and gelatin sponge were applied to the tumor resection bed for hemostasis. The patient had recurrent symptoms two weeks after surgery and follow-up images showed an extensive area of newly developed cerebral edema with subdural exudate containing a focal collection of gas. The clinical and radiologic findings were completely resolved with two weeks of steroid treatment and osmotherapy. Conclusion: An inflammatory foreign body reaction to surgical biomaterial can be associated with delayed cerebral edema and should be considered in the differential diagnosis. |
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Cerebral edema Complication Foreign body Inflammation Meningioma Postoperative |
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