Korean J Audiol.  2012 Sep;16(2):83-86. 10.7874/kja.2012.16.2.83.

A Case of Delayed Spontaneous Aneurismal Rupture after Ear Surgery Under General Anesthesia

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Chonbuk National University School of Medicine, Jeonju, Korea. imaima97@naver.com
  • 2Department of Otolaryngology, Presbyterian Medical Center, Jeonju, Korea.

Abstract

Many complications have been reported after ear surgery to treat chronic inflammation. These complications include facial nerve paralysis, perichondritis, injury of the dura or of the sigmoid sinus, cyst formation or mucocele in the healed mastoid cavity, and the recurrence of cholesteatoma, granulation tissue, or otorrhea. It might be believed that there could be no relation between ear surgery and spontaneous aneurysmal rupture, and only one other case of spontaneous aneurysmal rupture after ear surgery under general anesthesia has been previously reported in Korea. However, recently, the authors encountered a case of delayed spontaneous aneurysmal rupture 3 weeks after surgery. No problem was experienced during the operation, and it is suspected that an unidentified pre-existing aneurysm was responsible for the intracerebral hemorrhage.

Keyword

Intracerebral hemorrhage; Otologic surgical procedure; Complications; Aneurysm

MeSH Terms

Anesthesia, General
Aneurysm
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Cholesteatoma
Colon, Sigmoid
Ear
Facial Nerve
Granulation Tissue
Inflammation
Korea
Mastoid
Mucocele
Otologic Surgical Procedures
Paralysis
Recurrence
Rupture
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