Arterial embolization with cyanoacrylate is commonly used for the treatment of arteriovenous malformations. We report the case of a 40 years old man who four days after an embolization (Rev Méd Chile 2004; 132: 489-92a embolización arterial con cianoacrilato es una técnica efectiva que permite la curación completa de un gran porcentaje de malformaciones arteriovenosas, con o sin la necesidad eventual de resección quirúrgica o radiocirugía. Esta técnica es utilizada en el manejo preoperatorio de aquellas malformaciones arteriovenosas de gran tamaño o cuando el riesgo quirúrgico es muy elevado.No obstante, este procedimiento presenta complicaciones considerables, dentro de las cuales se describen la reacción alérgica al medio de contraste, perforación aneurismática, obliteración de arterias normales o embolia pulmonar, entre otras.A continuación, se presenta el caso clínico de un paciente, que luego de una embolización arterial con cianoacrilato por una malformación arteriovenosa cerebral presenta síntomas y signos compatibles con una embolia pulmonar.
Sixteen cases of micro-abscesses and presumptive inflammatory nodules of the brain are analyzed. The increasing frequency of cortico-subcortical small nodular lesions diagnosed by CT scan, as well as the number of cases successfully treated with antibiotics, are stressed. In the authors opinion, initial antibiotic treatment with a high possibility of a cure is indicated in patients with a presumptive inflammatory cortico-subcortical nodular lesions diagnosed by CT scan.
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