Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Postangiographic contrast enhancement mimicking acute subdural hemorrhage in a patient with severe occipital headache and neurological symptoms: a case report | Journal of Medical Case Reports BioMed Central Case report Open Access Postangiographic contrast enhancement mimicking acute subdural hemorrhage in a patient with severe occipital headache and neurological symptoms a case report Sudipta Chattopadhyay Manivannan Srinisavan and Phillip Thomas Address Morriston Cardiac Centre Morriston Hospital Morriston Swansea SA6 6NL UK Email Sudipta Chattopadhyay - diptochatt@ Manivannan Srinisavan - manisrinivasan@ Phillip Thomas - Corresponding author Published 23 April 2008 Received 10 July 2007 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008 2 119 doi 1752-1947-2-119 Accepted 23 April 2008 This article is available from http content 2 1 1 19 2008 Chattopadhyay et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction Neurological symptoms after percutaneous coronary intervention can have grave implications. The symptoms may result from relatively benign conditions like migraine to potentially life-threatening conditions such as intracranial bleeding. Case presentation We describe a case of a 57-year-old woman who developed significant neurological symptoms following percutaneous coronary intervention. An early unenhanced computed tomography scan of the brain was reported as a possible subdural haematoma . The symptoms reversed within hours and the computed tomography scan was normal 24 hours later. The diagnosis and its possible mechanism are discussed. Conclusion Definitive diagnosis in such a case can only be obtained from the radiological features and thus a detailed study is essential. Introduction Neurological symptoms after percutaneous coronary intervention PCI can have grave .
