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Vol. 69. Issue 3.
Pages 183-186 (March 2022)
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Vol. 69. Issue 3.
Pages 183-186 (March 2022)
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Intraventricular hemorrhage as complication after spinal surgery. Case report
Hemorragia intraventricular como complicación tras una cirugía espinal. Caso clínico
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P. Sánchez Zamora
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psanchezz@salud.madrid.org

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, B. Gómez del Pulgar Vázquez, S. Gholamian Ovejero
Servicio de Anestesiología, Reanimación y Terapéutica del dolor, Hospital Universitario Severo Ochoa, Leganés, Madrid, Spain
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Remote intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) is a rare but dreaded complication after spinal surgery. The physiopathology of this phenomenon is closely related to a loss of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) after an incidental durotomy during spine surgery. The most common remote ICH location is cerebellar, but few articles report intraventricular hemorrhage. Its clinic is associated with cerebral hypotension due to decreased CSF, mainly headache, dysarthria, hemiparesis, an impaired level of awareness and seizures.

The diagnosis of remote ICH after a non-cranial surgery can be a challenge to anesthesiologists, this pathology should be suspected face an immediate neurological deterioration after anesthetic awakening. Non-specific symptoms make it difficult to identify the origin of intracranial hemorrhagic from other differential diagnoses.

We present a patient with an impaired level of awareness and seizures who suffered a hemorrhage in the right ventricle with cerebral and cerebellar edema in the immediate postoperative period after spinal surgery.

Keywords:
Remote intracranial hemorrhage
Intraventricular hemorrhage
Spinal surgery
Incidental durotomy
Loss of consciousness
Seizure
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La hemorragia intracraneal (HIC) remota es una rara pero temida complicación tras la cirugía espinal. La fisiopatología de este fenómeno se relaciona estrechamente con la pérdida de líquido cefalorraquídeo (LCR) tras una lesión dural incidental durante la cirugía espinal. La localización de la HIC remota más frecuente es la cerebelar, existiendo pocos casos publicados de hemorragia intraventricular. Su clínica está asociada a la hipotensión cerebral por disminución de LCR, destacando la cefalea, la disartria, la hemiparesia, el deterioro del nivel de conciencia y las convulsiones.

El diagnóstico de una HIC remota tras una cirugía no craneal puede ser un reto para los anestesiólogos; esta enfermedad debería sospecharse ante un deterioro neurológico inmediato al despertar anestésico. La sintomatología inespecífica dificultará identificar el origen hemorrágico intracraneal frente a otros diagnósticos diferenciales.

Exponemos el caso de un paciente con disminución del nivel de conciencia y convulsión que presentó una hemorragia intraventricular derecha con edema cerebral y cerebeloso en el postoperatorio inmediato de una cirugía espinal.

Palabras clave:
Hemorragia intracraneal a distancia
Hemorragia intraventricular
Cirugía espinal
Lesión dural incidental
Disminución nivel conciencia
Convulsión

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