Search results for "Cerebral vasculitis"
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Endovascular Management, with the Use of Solitaire Stent as the First-Line Treatment for Cerebral Vasculitis: A Case Report
2019
Cerebral vasculitis that comprises a group of noninfectious inflammatory vasculitides, can produce a variety of neurologic events, including also life-threatening ones. In this paper we describe the case report of a 37-year-old female patient with cerebral vasculitis manifesting as ischemic stroke of the left cerebral hemisphere. Her clinical status deteriorated, despite immunosuppression. CT angiography demonstrated several occlusions of intracranial arteries. We describe details of endovascular revascularization of intracranial arteries in this patient, with focus at the use of the Solitaire stent, which seems to be particularly useful in such challenging cases. After endovascular repair …
Meningitis and subdural empyema as complication of pterygomandibular space abscess upon tooth extraction
2016
Complication of dental infections might be various and heterogeneous. The most common complications are represented by maxilar celulitis, canine space celulitis, infratemporal space celulitis, temporal celulitis and bacteremia. Among rarest complications we found: sepsis, bacterial endocarditis, mediastinitis, intracranial complications, osteomyelitis, etc. Although dental infections are often considered trivial entities, sometimes they can reach an impressive gravity. In this regard, the present study describes a case of dental infection complicated by meningitis, subdural empiema and cerebral vasculitis. Furthermore, we observed other neurological complications, like thalamic ischemic inf…