A woman reported painful thrombosis of the superficial femoral artery 16 months after a transfemoral microcatheter was glued into a cerebral arteriovenous malformation and transected at the groin. When the catheter was removed, a portion was found to be incorporated into the wall of the carotid artery. This case demonstrates that portions of a retained microcatheter may be incorporated into the...

R-/S-2-(2-Hydroxypropanamido) benzoic acid (R-/S-HPABA), a marine-derived anti-inflammatory drug, however, the antiplatelet and antithrombotic effects have not been investigated. In this paper, the in vitro antiplatelet activities and in vivo antithrombotic effects of R-/S-HPABA were investigated, for the first time. The effects of R-/S-HPABA on platelet aggregation induced by adenosine diphosp...

Germidine is one of ester type steroidal alkaloids extracted from Veratrum Nigrum L. var. ussuriense Nakai (“Wusuli Lilu” in Chinese), a herbal medicine that has long been used as an anti-hypertensive remedy in Chinese traditional medicine. Although the antithrombotic effects of the Veratrum nigrum alkaloids (VnA) have been reported , the effective chemical constituent of VnA is still unclear. ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Some reports of reconstructive management of carotid blowout syndrome (CBS) with stent-grafts are promising, but some are unfavorable. This study sought to evaluate the hemostatic efficacy, safety, and outcome of reconstructive, endovascular stent-graft placement in patients with head-and-neck cancers in association with CBS. METHODS Eight patients with head-and-neck ca...

A patient with hypopharyngeal cancer developed carotid blowout syndrome (CBS) treated by self-expandable stent-graft in the left carotid artery. CT scan for progressive right hemiparesis 4 months later showed multiple left cerebral abscesses and left carotid thrombosis. Although deployment of stent-grafts for CBS can achieve initial hemostasis in patients with head-and-neck cancer, the placemen...

Atherosclerosis is a systemic disease with manifestations in multiple vascular beds. In each regional circulation, clinical events result from progression of the atherosclerotic lesion, superimposed thrombosis, and other dynamic processes, including ulceration, plaque rupture, intramural hemorrhage, fragmentation, and embolism. Evaluation and management of patients with atherosclerosis must be ...

We report a case of a traumatic cavernous fistula supplied by a persistent primitive trigeminal artery. The process of treatment was unique in this case. Fistula was subcompletely occluded by coiling from primitive trigeminal artery. Residual fistula was helped to form thrombosis by compression of the carotid artery with hand in the procedure. Long-term follow-up was satisfactory. Traumatic cav...

In this paper, we present 2 rare cases of persistent embryonic anastomoses. In one case, the patient presented with persistent trigeminal artery along with multiple foci of cerebral infarction as well as central retinal artery thrombosis. In the other case, the patient had direct anastomosis of the vertebral artery with ipsilateral external carotid artery as well as pontine infarction, aneurysm...

Gerstmann Syndrome is a rare neurological presentation due to lesion in the left dominant parietal lobe, manifesting as tetrad of agraphia, acalculia, finger agnosia and right-left disorientation. We present case 52-year-old man, right hand dominant, who presented Emergency Department with acute confusion for one day. He was disorientated time, place person. Focused examination revealed atypica...