A tale of two bleeds-an uncommon manifestation in neurofibromatosis-1

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Elamaran Elamurugan, Duvuru Ram

Abstract

Neurofibromatosis type 1 vasculopathy is a well-documented entity in the literature, but a rupture of the thyrocervical artery aneurysm is very rare and only 2 cases have been reported to date. Our patient presented with a right-sided hemiparesis and deviation of the angle of the mouth to the left. He was diagnosed to have hypertensive bleed in the left capsulo-ganglionic area. He then developed a sudden onset of left-sided neck swelling 8 h following admission, which was due to a ruptured thyrocervical artery aneurysm. To the best of our knowledge, our case is the first case in literature to have presented with simultaneous intracerebral bleed and a thyrocervical artery aneurysm rupture.

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May 12, 2020·Patient Safety in Surgery·Luca PerrucciRoberto Galeotti

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