Spoor Jochem K H, Aben Hugo P, Burhani Bachtiar, Rutten Geert-Jan
a Department of Neurosurgery , St Elisabeth - Tweesteden Hospital , Tilburg , The Netherlands.
b Department of Neurosurgery , Erasmus MC , Rotterdam , The Netherlands.
Br J Neurosurg. 2019 Jun;33(3):287-289. doi: 10.1080/02688697.2017.1340583. Epub 2017 Jun 15.
An 18-year-old patient developed multiple infarcts, nine days after endoscopic fenestration of a large arachnoid cyst. We consider vasospasm to be the most likely cause, presumably triggered by a chemical meningitis. Although mostly seen after subarachnoid haemorrhage, vasospasm can also occur after traumatic brain injury, brain surgery or meningitis.