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01-05-2018 | Case Report - Brain Injury

Traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage related to ophthalmic artery avulsion: a case report

Authors: Alessandro Prior, Luca Allegretti, Ilaria Melloni, Marta Bovio, Francesco Laganà, Marco Ceraudo, Gianluigi Zona

Published in: Acta Neurochirurgica | Issue 5/2018

Abstract

We present a case of ophthalmic artery (OA) traumatic avulsion, leading to a post-traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) with ventricular blood invasion and hydrocephalus, mimicking an internal carotid aneurysm rupture. This is the third case of such an event reported in literature and the first without orbital fractures and optic nerve avulsion. Conservative treatment was sufficient for the avulsion, but surgery was needed for the coexisting eye luxation. Traumatic OA avulsion is a rare but possible event and should be suspected in case of basal cisterns SAH, evidence of orbital trauma and CT angiogram or angiographic absence of opacification of the OA.

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Title: Traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage related to ophthalmic artery avulsion: a case report
Authors: Alessandro Prior
Luca Allegretti
Ilaria Melloni
Marta Bovio
Francesco Laganà
Marco Ceraudo
Gianluigi Zona
Publication date: 01-05-2018
Publisher: Springer Vienna
Published in: Acta Neurochirurgica / Issue 5/2018
Print ISSN: 0001-6268
Electronic ISSN: 0942-0940
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-018-3486-z

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