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Silent meningioma – a rare cause of stroke in post-cardiopulmonary bypass patients
Stroke in cardiac patients undergoing surgery is usually attributed to the use of cardiopulmonary bypass. In this report, we present an unusual cause of cerebral dysfunction: a meningioma leading to stroke, following coronary artery bypass grafting in a 62-year-old patient. Diagnosis and treatment o...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Termedia Publishing House
2010
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3281352/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22371743 http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/aoms.2010.13908 |
Sumario: | Stroke in cardiac patients undergoing surgery is usually attributed to the use of cardiopulmonary bypass. In this report, we present an unusual cause of cerebral dysfunction: a meningioma leading to stroke, following coronary artery bypass grafting in a 62-year-old patient. Diagnosis and treatment options of the pathology are discussed with the guidance of the literature. |
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