| Large cerebellar hemorrhage during trumpet playing: importance of blood pressure elevation during the valsalva maneuver: case report. | |
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PMID: 18824959 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVE: The authors report a case of a large intracerebellar hemorrhage that occurred in a professional musician while playing the trumpet. This is the first report of such a complication. CLINICAL PRESENTATION: A 60-year-old man presented with severe occipital headache accompanied by nausea, vomiting, and dizziness that occurred while he was practicing the trumpet. On presentation, he was hypertensive with a systolic blood pressure of 255 mmHg and was found to have a large left cerebellar hemorrhage. INTERVENTION: Magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance angiography were performed but revealed no tumor or vascular abnormality. The patient was initially stable but, despite maximal medical therapy, deteriorated and was taken to the operating room for suboccipital craniectomy and evacuation of the hematoma. CONCLUSION: This patient likely had chronic hypertension; however, the transient increase in systolic blood pressure associated with intensive trumpet playing and the Valsalva maneuver may have contributed to his risk of hemorrhage. We suggest that hypertensive screening and therapy may be especially important in this population and emphasize the importance for neurosurgeons to understand the physiology involved in the Valsalva maneuver. |
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Authors:
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Andrew P Carlson; Suguna Pappu; Marcus F Keep; Paul Turner |
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Type: Case Reports; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Neurosurgery Volume: 62 ISSN: 1524-4040 ISO Abbreviation: Neurosurgery Publication Date: 2008 Jun |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2008-09-30 Completed Date: 2008-12-02 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 7802914 Medline TA: Neurosurgery Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: E1377; discussion E1377 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Neurosurgery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. |
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Cerebellum* Humans Intracranial Hemorrhages / etiology* Intracranial Hypertension / etiology*, physiopathology Male Middle Aged Music* Valsalva Maneuver / physiology* |
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