Pathophysiology of visual disturbances occurring after foam sclerotherapy
| Autor: | J. M. Guedes, J.-L. Gillet, Anne Donnet, J. J. Guex, M. Lausecker, Pierre Lehmann |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Migraine with Aura Neurology department Sclerotherapy Personal history medicine Humans Prospective Studies medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Endothelins Incidence Headache Magnetic resonance imaging General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease University hospital Magnetic Resonance Imaging Pathophysiology Migraine with aura Surgery Migraine Ischemic Attack Transient Anesthesia Female medicine.symptom Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business |
| Zdroj: | Phlebology: The Journal of Venous Disease. 25:261-266 |
| ISSN: | 1758-1125 0268-3555 |
| DOI: | 10.1258/phleb.2009.009068 |
| Popis: | Background Visual disturbances (VDs) are reported with an average rate of 1.4% after foam sclerotherapy (FS). Some clinical clues indicate that they could correspond to migraine with aura (MA). Aims To validate the hypothesis that VDs occurring after FS correspond to MA and are not transient ischaemic cerebro-vascular events. Method A prospective multicentre study was carried out by the French Society of Phlebology in collaboration with the Neurology Department of the Marseille University Hospital (France). We included prospectively and consecutively all patients who experienced VDs after FS using air to make the foam. The patients were assessed (1) clinically with a specific form describing procedures of FS and recording neurological symptoms, later analysed by a neurologist specialized in migraine; and (2) by a brain diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) (T1, T2, T2*, diffusion) carried out within two weeks and analysed by a neuroradiologist. Results Twenty patients, 16 women and four men, were included in 11 phlebology clinics. All kinds of veins were treated. VDs occurred in average seven minutes after FS. Clinical assessment showed that VDs presented characteristics of MA in all patients, with headache in 10 and without in 10. Paresthesia was observed in five patients and dysphasic speech disturbance in one. Fifteen patients (75%) had a personal history of migraine. Fifteen MRIs were performed within two weeks (mean: 8 days) and three were late (26 days). All of them were normal. MRI was not performed in two patients. Conclusion These results show that VDs occurring after FS correspond to MA and are not transient ischaemic cerebro-vascular events. We suggest a pathophysiological hypothesis resting on the release of endothelin that would reach the cerebral cortex through a paten foramen ovale. |
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