Neurocritical Care

, Volume 22, Issue 2, pp 293–298 | Cite as

Clusters of Cortical Spreading Depolarizations in a Patient with Intracerebral Hemorrhage: A Multimodal Neuromonitoring Study

  • A. J. Schiefecker
  • R. Beer
  • B. Pfausler
  • P. Lackner
  • G. Broessner
  • I. Unterberger
  • F. Sohm
  • M. Mulino
  • C. Thome
  • C. Humpel
  • E. Schmutzhard
  • R. Helbok
Practical Pearl

Abstract

Background

Spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Cortical spreading depolarizations (CSDs) increase brain matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9 activity leading to perihematomal edema expansion in experimental ICH.

Methods

The purpose of this report is to describe cerebral metabolic changes and brain extracellular MMP-9 levels in a patient with CSDs and perihematomal edema expansion after ICH.

Results

We present a 66-year-old male patient with ICH who underwent craniotomy for hematoma evacuation. Multimodal neuromonitoring data of the perihematomal region revealed metabolic distress and increased MMP-9 levels in the brain extracellular fluid during perihematomal edema progression. At the same time, subdural electrocorticography showed clusters of CSDs, which disappeared after ketamine anesthesia on day six. Perihematomal edema regression was associated with decreasing cerebral MMP-9 levels.

Conclusions

This novel association between clusters of CSDs, brain metabolic distress, and increased MMP-9 levels expands our knowledge about secondary brain injury after ICH. The role of ketamine after this devastating disorder needs further studies.

Keywords

Cortical spreading depolarizations Intracerebral hemorrhage Matrix metalloproteinase-9 Ketamine Perihematomal edema Microdialysis 

Notes

Acknowledgments

We would like to thank the nursing staff and all physicians of our neurointensive care unit for their overall support of this study. RH and AS are supported by a grant of the Austrian National Bank (OeNB-Nr.: 14082).

Conflict of interest

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

Supplementary material

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Supplementary Figure: (A) Admission scan demonstrating spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH, 98ml). (B) Follow-up CT scan 1 day after bleeding demonstrates hematoma expansion, especially of the temporal lobe with remarkable compression of the ipsilateral brain stem and signs of hydrocephalus (TIFF 1284 kb)
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Supplementary material 2 (DOCX 18 kb)

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Authors and Affiliations

  • A. J. Schiefecker
    • 1
  • R. Beer
    • 1
  • B. Pfausler
    • 1
  • P. Lackner
    • 1
  • G. Broessner
    • 1
  • I. Unterberger
    • 1
  • F. Sohm
    • 2
  • M. Mulino
    • 2
  • C. Thome
    • 2
  • C. Humpel
    • 3
  • E. Schmutzhard
    • 1
  • R. Helbok
    • 1
  1. 1.Division of Neurocritical Care, Department of NeurologyInnsbruck Medical UniversityInnsbruckAustria
  2. 2.Department of NeurosurgeryInnsbruck Medical UniversityInnsbruckAustria
  3. 3.Laboratory for Experimental Alzheimer’s Research, Department of Psychiatry and PsychotherapyInnsbruck Medical UniversityInnsbruckAustria

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