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Ischemic stroke
Aspiration catheter failure leading to carotid-cavernous fistula during stroke thrombectomy
  1. Mario Agrait1,
  2. Joanna Kee-Sampson1,
  3. Grzegorz Brzezicki2,
  4. Saeed Bashir1,
  5. Jerry Matteo1,
  6. Travis Meyer1 and
  7. Daniel Siragusa1
  1. 1Interventional Radiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
  2. 2Department of Neurosurgery, University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
  1. Correspondence to Dr Joanna Kee-Sampson; joannakee{at}gmail.com

Abstract

Endovascular thrombectomy in acute ischaemic stroke commonly uses aspiration catheters, either alone or in combination with stent retrievers. The Penumbra Aspiration System (Penumbra, Alameda, California, USA) was first approved by the US Food and Drug Administration in 2007, with low reported device-related complications. We present a case of a previously unreported complication related to malfunction of a Penumbra aspiration catheter during stroke thrombectomy resulting in a carotid-cavernous fistula.

  • stroke
  • thrombectomy
  • fistula
  • device

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2020-017054

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    • Contributors DS and GB performed and managed this case and identified it for the case report. MA and JK-S did the literature search, wrote the article and selected the images. All authors contributed to the editing process.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

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