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Lifesaving Treatment of Paradoxical Herniation

Susanne Muehlschlegel, MD, Dr Med; Barbara Voetsch, MD, PhD; Farzaneh A. Sorond, MD, PhD

Arch Neurol. 2009;66(5):670-671.

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A 53-year-old woman had an embolic stroke affecting the right middle cerebral artery secondary to atrial fibrillation. Brain swelling developed, and a hemicraniectomy was performed. At discharge to rehabilitation, the patient was interactive but with dense left-sided hemiparesis. After 5 days, she returned with fever (temperature 39.2°C). The duraplasty was soft and elevated to the level of the skull (Figure, A). A lumbar puncture was performed in the emergency department as part of the workup for infectious disease. The opening pressure was 19 cm of water with normal cerebrospinal fluid. Over the next 3 days, the duraplasty became progressively depressed, yet mental status remained stable. On day 4, the patient became acutely obtunded with a dilated and nonreactive right pupil (Figure, B). She was immediately placed in the Trendelenburg position and treated . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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