Vasospasms as a Complication of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage - a Case Report

Vasospasms are considered to be the major cause of high mortality and bad prognosis in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage caused by a rupture of an aneurysm. Our case report describes a 30-year-old patient admitted with Glasgow Coma Scale 14 and severe left-sided hemiparesis. Computed tomography revealed subarachnoid hemorrhage. Its etiology was ruptured aneurysm of the right middle cerebral artery. The aneurysm was clipped. Mechanical and pharmacological angioplasty was repeatedly performed to manage symptomatic vasospasms. Despite these interventions, an ischemic lesion developed in the right brain hemisphere that prompted us to perform decompressive craniectomy. Finally, vasospasms, as well as the neurological deficit, disappeared. Four years after the surgery, the patient is independent, without any limb movement disorder and with normal cognitive functions.