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Cerebral arterial spasm and hydrocephalus in leaking arterial aneurysms

Spasme artériel cérébral et hydrocéphalie en cas d’anévrysmes artériels rompus

Cerebraler Gefäßspasmus und Hydrocephalus bei Aneurysma-Blutungen

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The distribution of localised cerebral arterial spasm in 173 cases of single leaking aneurysms has been plotted with respect to the site of the aneurysm, and significant correlations found for anterior communicating and middle cerebral aneurysms, but not for posterior communicating aneurysms. The presence of hydrocephalus and spasm were found to be associated with the clinical grading of severity, but not with each other. Spasm was seen with statistical significance more often in later arteriograms, but hydrocephalus was seen in the earlier arteriograms as frequently as in the later ones.

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Compte tenu de la situation de l’anévrysme, les auteurs étudient 173 cas de spasme artériel cérébral avec rupture anévrysmale unique. Par rapport à la situation de l’anévrysme, le spasme se trouvait davantage dans le domaine de l’artère communicante antérieure ou de l’artère cérébrale moyenne mais ceci n’était pas le cas pour les anévrysmes de l’artère communicante postérieure. L’association d’hydrocéphalie et de spasme a été trouvée dans des cas cliniques sévères. Statistiquement, le spasme était plus visible sur les artériogrammes tardifs tandis que l’hydrocéphalie était visible aussi bien sur les artériogrammes précoces que sur ceux plus tardifs.

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Beschreibung von Untersuchungsergebnissen von 173 Patienten, bei denen eine Aneurysma-Blutung nachgewiesen wurde. Der Spasmus wurde mit der Lokalisation des Aneurysmas verglichen, er fand sich besonders bei Aneurysmen im Bereich der A. communicans anterior und der A. cerebri media, nicht jedoch bei Aneurysmen der A. communicans posterior. Die Kombination des Spasmus mit einem Hydrocephalus fand sich bei schweren klinischen Krankheits-Syndromen.

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Griffith, H.B., Cummins, B.H. & Thomson, J.L.G. Cerebral arterial spasm and hydrocephalus in leaking arterial aneurysms. Neuroradiology 4, 212–214 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02469132

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