Acute inflammatory reactions to hemostatic materials mimicking post-operative intracranial abscess

Jerome J. Graber, MD, MPH; Viviane Tabar, MD; Cameron Brennan, MD; Marc Rosenblum, MD; Lisa M. DeAngelis, MD

doi:10.1016/j.inat.2014.01.002

Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery (Mar 2014)

Acute inflammatory reactions to hemostatic materials mimicking post-operative intracranial abscess

Jerome J. Graber, MD, MPH,
Viviane Tabar, MD,
Cameron Brennan, MD,
Marc Rosenblum, MD,
Lisa M. DeAngelis, MD

Affiliations

Jerome J. Graber, MD, MPH: Department of Neurology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
Viviane Tabar, MD: Department of Neurosurgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
Cameron Brennan, MD: Department of Neurosurgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
Marc Rosenblum, MD: Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
Lisa M. DeAngelis, MD: Department of Neurology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inat.2014.01.002
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 1, no. 1
pp. 5 – 7

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Oxidized cellulose can cause acute neurologic worsening in the immediate post-operative period. MRI often shows restricted diffusion around the surgical cavity on the first post-operative MRI. When acute clinical deterioration occurs with the typical MRI findings, the material must be removed surgically.

Published in Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery

ISSN: 2214-7519 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery; Medicine: Internal medicine: Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry: Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/interdisciplinary-neurosurgery/

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