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Transient locked-in syndrome and basilar artery vasospasm.

[locked-in syndrome]

Cerebral vasospasm is the main cause of neurological mortality and morbidity following subarachnoid hemorrhage. Basilar artery vasospasm (BAVS) is associated with a high morbidity and may have multiple clinical presentations.We report the case of a 43 years-old man with BAVS presenting as a reversible locked-in syndrome (LIS) after stopping sedation.The symptoms were successfully managed by intra-arterial infusion of vasodilators and balloon angioplasty. Magnetic resonance imaging did not reveal any brainstem lesion 48 h after the complication, demonstrating a hemodynamic mechanism.LIS can reveal BAVS. Its diagnosis relies on clinical examination. In this case, rapid neuro-interventional treatment permitted reversal of symptoms. This could not have been possible under sedation.

Diseases presenting "subarachnoid hemorrhage" symptom

  • cadasil
  • cholangiocarcinoma
  • cystinuria
  • heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
  • hereditary cerebral hemorrhage with amyloidosis
  • hydrocephalus with stenosis of the aqueduct of sylvius
  • locked-in syndrome
  • sneddon syndrome

This symptom has already been validated