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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE
Volume 20, Issue 7, Pages 1040-1041Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2012.10.012
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Aortic pseudoaneurysm; Intracranial hemorrhage; Intracranial hypertension; Superior vena cava syndrome
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We report a patient with intracranial hemorrhage secondary to venous hypertension as a result of a giant aortic pseudoaneurysm that compressed the superior vena cava and caused obstruction of the venous return from the brain. To our knowledge, this is the first patient reported to have an intracranial hemorrhage secondary to a superior vena cava syndrome. The condition appears to be caused by a reversible transient rise in intracranial pressure, as a result of compression of the venous return from the brain. Treatment consisted of surgery for the aortic pseudoaneurysm, which led to normalization of the intracranial pressure and resorption of the intracranial hemorrhage. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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