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Spinal arachnoid cyst developing after surgical treatment of a ruptured vertebral artery aneurysm: a possible complication of topical use of fibrin glue

1996; American Association of Neurological Surgeons; Volume: 84; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3171/jns.1996.84.3.0526

1933-0693

Yoshio Taguchi, Rie Suzuki, Masaaki Okada, Hiroaki Sekino,

Hemostasis and retained surgical items

✓ A case is reported of a 59-year-old man with a spinal arachnoid cyst accompanied by spinal arachnoiditis. The patient developed symptoms after treatment for a ruptured vertebral artery aneurysm, in which fibrin glue was used for reconstruction of the suboccipital bone defect. It is believed that the fibrin glue may have played a role in forming the arachnoid cyst. The authors urge the readers to keep in mind the possibility of subclinical spinal arachnoiditis in the patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage and suggest that care should be taken to avoid any possible adverse effect of fibrin glue.