Trombolisis intraarterial en trombosis de la arteria basilar: recuperación de dos pacientes con sÝndrome de enclaustramiento / Intra-arterial thrombolysis in locked-in syndrome: report of two cases
Rev. méd. Chile
; 132(3): 357-360, mar. 2004. ilus
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RESUMO
Locked-in syndrome is a dramatic clinical condition, the patient is awake, can listen and breath, but is unable to move any muscle, conserving only the vertical eye movements. The most common cause of locked-in syndrome is the thrombosis of the basilar artery and commonly leads to death, frequently due to pneumonia. Intravenous and intra arterial thrombolysis have been used successfully in a selective group of patients with ischemic stroke. There is only one report of two patients with locked-in syndrome who were treated successfully with intra arterial thrombolysis. Other authors, based in their experiences, do not recommend this treatment. We report two female patients aged 63 and 26 years, with Locked-in syndrome due to a basilar thrombosis who were treated successfully with intra arterial thrombolysis using ecombinant tissue plasminogen activator (r-TPA). The lapses between the onset of the symptoms and thrombolysis were 5 and 8 hours respectively. A complete recanalization was obtained in both patients during the thrombolysis. One year after, the first patient has only a moderate ataxia, walking with assistance and the other has a normal neurological examination (Rev MÚd Chile 2004; 132 357-60 ).
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
LILACS
Assunto principal:
Insuficiência Vertebrobasilar
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Terapia Trombolítica
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
Rev. méd. Chile
Assunto da revista:
MEDICINA
Ano de publicação:
2004
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Chile
País de publicação:
Chile