PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Chang, F.-C.
AU  - Lirng, J.-F.
AU  - Tai, S.-K.
AU  - Luo, C.-B.
AU  - Teng, M.M.H.
AU  - Chang, C.-Y.
TI  - Brain Abscess Formation: A Delayed Complication of Carotid Blowout Syndrome Treated by Self-Expandable Stent-Graft
DP  - 2006 Aug 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 1543--1545
VI  - 27
IP  - 7
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/27/7/1543.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/27/7/1543.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2006 Aug 01; 27
AB  - SUMMARY: 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 placement of a stent-graft in a field of necrosis and infection is associated with poor long-term outcome. We recommend the use of prophylactic antibiotics if endovascular foreign materials are placed in a contaminated field.