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An Unusual Manifestation of Brain Tumor: Development of Delayed Hemiplegia After Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Author(s) -
Kurisu Kazuhiro,
Hisahara Manabu,
Ando Yusuke,
Tominaga Ryuji
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2007.00436.x
Subject(s) - cardiopulmonary bypass , medicine , cerebral edema , mitral valve replacement , brain edema , lesion , edema , cardiology , anesthesia , mitral valve , surgery
Cerebral swelling after cardiopulmonary bypass might trigger a critical cerebral consequence resulting from intracranial space‐occupying lesion. We experienced a 75‐year‐old woman who suffered from a delayed left hemiplegia after mitral valve replacement. Urgent diagnostic imaging revealed the presence of a brain tumor with perifocal cerebral edema. Fluid shifts occurring within a few days after the cardiopulmonary bypass, manifesting the focal cerebral edema, played a key role in this unique clinical course.