Journals / Türk Anestezi ve Reanimasyon Dergisi / 2005 / Cilt: 33 - Sayı: 1

A complication of stellate ganglion block: Convulsion due to vertebral artery injection

Stellat ganglion bloğu komplikasyonu: Vertebral arter enjeksiyonuna bağlı konvülsiyon

Pages
86–89
Publication Date
2022-11-05
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In patients with underlying abnormal anatomy either from congenital or aquired causes, in this case prior surgery, increased caution is warranted and fluoroscopic assistance should be considered.

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Objective & Hypothesis:A sixty-seven year, old man was evaluated, for left shoulder and arm pain.
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Key Findings & Data:He had undergone a C6-7 discectomy for spinal stenosis sometime ago.
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Conclusion & Impact:In patients with underlying abnormal anatomy either from congenital or aquired causes, in this case prior surgery, increased caution is warranted and fluoroscopic assistance should be considered.
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Abstract

A sixty-seven year, old man was evaluated, for left shoulder and arm pain. He had undergone a C6-7 discectomy for spinal stenosis sometime ago. As part of the evaluation of the left arm and shoulder pain a thoracic computerized tomography revealed, a paravertebral mass extending from T2 to the cervical region that was felt to be consistant with Pancoast tumour. A diagnostic stellate ganglion block was performed and was complicated by a generalized convulsion following the test dose. In patients with underlying abnormal anatomy either from congenital or aquired causes, in this case prior surgery, increased caution is warranted and fluoroscopic assistance should be considered.

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67 yaşında erkek olgu kliniğimize sol omuz-kol ağrısı yakınması ile başvurdu. Daha önce C6-7 diskopati nedeniyle opere olan olgunun toraks tomografisinde 2. torasik vertebra seviyesinden servikal bölgeye uzanan paravertebral kitle saptandı ve Pankost tümörü olarak değerlendirildi. Ağrı tedavisi için yapılan diagnostik stellat ganglion bloğu sırasında test dozun ardından jeneralize konvülsiyon gelişti. Konjenital veya daha sonradan, bu olguda olduğu gibi geçirmiş olduğu operasyona bağlı anormal anotomiye sahip hastalarda girişimlerin skopi eşliğinde yapılmasının önemli olduğunu vurgulamayı amaçladık.

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GÜLDOĞUŞ, F., KELSAKA, E. (2022). A complication of stellate ganglion block: Convulsion due to vertebral artery injection. Türk Anestezi ve Reanimasyon Dergisi, Cilt: 33 - Sayı: 1, 86–89. https://ajindex.com/articles/620109

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