ABSTRACT
A 79-year-old patient was admitted to the emergency room with transitory monoparesis in the left hand and dysphasia. The brain computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a spontaneous right convexity subarachnoid hemorrhage (cSAH). Digital subtraction angiography (DSA) confirmed an asymptomatic occlusion of the right internal carotid artery (ICA) . Cases related to stenosis have already been described, but there is no similar report of a case related to occlusion, even though the pathophysiology of both entities is similar. Atraumatic SAH has been associated with intracranial and extracranial artery stenosis.
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Humans , Female , Aged , Subarachnoid Hemorrhage/surgery , Subarachnoid Hemorrhage/diagnostic imaging , Carotid Artery, Internal/abnormalities , Carotid Stenosis , Cerebral Angiography/methodsABSTRACT
A 25-year-old patient was admitted to the emergency room presenting headaches after a traumatic brain injury (TBI) 30 days before, when he collided frontally with another driver. After a skull radiography, the presence of a foreign body was observed in the frontal sinus. A cranial computed tomography (CT) scan found that it was a tooth. The patient underwent surgical treatment for the removal of the tooth. Traumatic brain injury caused by non-missile penetrating objects is unusual, and has been described in case reports in the literature. To the best of our knowledge, no similar reports can be found in the literature.
Paciente com 25 anos de idade trazido à sala de emergência com quadro de cefaleia frontal , que não melhorava com uso de analgésicos. Apresentava história prévia de trauma de crânio (TCE) 30 dias antes, quando ele colidiu frontalmente com outro motorista. Após radiografia crânio, a presença de um corpo estranho foi observada no seio frontal. A tomografia computadorizada de crânio evidenciou a presença de um dente. O paciente foi submetido a tratamento cirúrgico para a remoção do dente. A evolução foi satisfatória, o paciente apresentava-se assintomática na alta hospitalar. TCE penetrantes são incomuns e são descritos na literatura na maioria das vezes como relatos de casos. Para o nosso conhecimento, não há relatos semelhantes em outras séries sobre o assunto.