Remote cerebellar hemorrhage after lumbar spinal surgery

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• 作者：Belma Cevik ; Ismail Kirbas ; Banu Cakir ; Kayihan Akin ; Mehmet Teksam
• 关键词：Cerebellum ; Remote cerebellar hemorrhage ; Spinal surgery ; CT
• 刊名：European Journal of Radiology
• 出版年：2009
• 出版时间：April 2009
• 年：2009
• 卷：70
• 期：1
• 页码：7-9
• 全文大小：583 K

文摘

Background

Postoperative remote cerebellar hemorrhage (RCH) as a complication of lumbar spinal surgery is an increasingly recognized clinical entity. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of RCH after lumbar spinal surgery and to describe diagnostic imaging findings of RCH.

Methods

Between October 1996 and March 2007, 2444 patients who had undergone lumbar spinal surgery were included in the study. Thirty-seven of 2444 patients were scanned by CT or MRI due to neurologic symptoms within the first 7 days of postoperative period. The data of all the patients were studied with regard to the following variables: incidence of RCH after lumbar spinal surgery, gender and age, coagulation parameters, history of previous arterial hypertension, and position of lumbar spinal surgery.

Results

The retrospective study led to the identification of two patients who had RCH after lumbar spinal surgery. Of 37 patients who had neurologic symptoms, 29 patients were women and 8 patients were men. CT and MRI showed subarachnoid hemorrhage in the folia of bilateral cerebellar hemispheres in both patients with RCH. The incidence of RCH was 0.08 % among patients who underwent lumbar spinal surgery.

Conclusion

RCH is a rare complication of lumbar spinal surgery, self-limiting phenomenon that should not be mistaken for more ominous pathologic findings such as hemorrhagic infarction. This type of bleeding is thought to occur secondary to venous infarction, but the exact pathogenetic mechanism is unknown. CT or MRI allowed immediate diagnosis of this complication and guided conservative management.