When the fat hits the brain—salvage STA–MCA bypass for an intracranial ICA occlusion due to a fat embolus

BACKGROUND: Large fat embolus is a rare but potential reversible cause of ischaemic stroke. METHODS AND RESULTS: We describe the neurosurgical management of a complete right internal carotid artery occlusion due to a large fat embolus, caused by a mitral valve replacement. CONCLUSION: Knowledge of a...

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Autores principales: Van Der Veken, Jorn, Lo Presti, Anna, Mulcahy, Michael J, Stoodley, Marcus Andrew
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2020
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Short Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7871712/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33681773
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjno-2019-000017
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Lo Presti, Anna
Mulcahy, Michael J
Stoodley, Marcus Andrew
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description BACKGROUND: Large fat embolus is a rare but potential reversible cause of ischaemic stroke. METHODS AND RESULTS: We describe the neurosurgical management of a complete right internal carotid artery occlusion due to a large fat embolus, caused by a mitral valve replacement. CONCLUSION: Knowledge of acute cerebral ischaemia due to large fat embolism and its hallmark ‘hypodense artery’ is mandatory. Extracranial to intracranial bypass is a feasible rescue treatment after failure of endovascular embolectomy.
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spelling pubmed-78717122021-03-04 When the fat hits the brain—salvage STA–MCA bypass for an intracranial ICA occlusion due to a fat embolus Van Der Veken, Jorn Lo Presti, Anna Mulcahy, Michael J Stoodley, Marcus Andrew BMJ Neurol Open Short Report BACKGROUND: Large fat embolus is a rare but potential reversible cause of ischaemic stroke. METHODS AND RESULTS: We describe the neurosurgical management of a complete right internal carotid artery occlusion due to a large fat embolus, caused by a mitral valve replacement. CONCLUSION: Knowledge of acute cerebral ischaemia due to large fat embolism and its hallmark ‘hypodense artery’ is mandatory. Extracranial to intracranial bypass is a feasible rescue treatment after failure of endovascular embolectomy. BMJ Publishing Group 2020-01-09 /pmc/articles/PMC7871712/ /pubmed/33681773 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjno-2019-000017 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.
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Van Der Veken, Jorn
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Mulcahy, Michael J
Stoodley, Marcus Andrew
When the fat hits the brain—salvage STA–MCA bypass for an intracranial ICA occlusion due to a fat embolus
title When the fat hits the brain—salvage STA–MCA bypass for an intracranial ICA occlusion due to a fat embolus
title_full When the fat hits the brain—salvage STA–MCA bypass for an intracranial ICA occlusion due to a fat embolus
title_fullStr When the fat hits the brain—salvage STA–MCA bypass for an intracranial ICA occlusion due to a fat embolus
title_full_unstemmed When the fat hits the brain—salvage STA–MCA bypass for an intracranial ICA occlusion due to a fat embolus
title_short When the fat hits the brain—salvage STA–MCA bypass for an intracranial ICA occlusion due to a fat embolus
title_sort when the fat hits the brain—salvage sta–mca bypass for an intracranial ica occlusion due to a fat embolus
topic Short Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7871712/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33681773
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjno-2019-000017
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