Biomaterial Database

Late stroke after foam sclerotherapy. 2010

M Hahn, and T Schulz, and M Jünger

Dermatology Private Practice, Rottweil, Germany. mhahn@live.de

Foam sclerotherapy is a safe, effective and increasingly widespread method of treating varicose veins. A case of ischemic stroke is described with reversible symptoms five days after polidocanol foam sclerotherapy was repeated in a 48-year-old female patient with a patent foramen ovale that was undetected at the time of sclerotherapy. The first foam sclerotherapy treatment had been tolerated well without complications. While acute neurological events immediately after sclerotherapy for varicose veins have been described repeatedly in the literature, this report is only the third case described worldwide of paradoxical embolism as a possible late complication of foam sclerotherapy for varicose veins.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D011092	Polyethylene Glycols	Polymers of ETHYLENE OXIDE and water, and their ethers. They vary in consistency from liquid to solid depending on the molecular weight indicated by a number following the name. They are used as SURFACTANTS, dispersing agents, solvents, ointment and suppository bases, vehicles, and tablet excipients. Some specific groups are NONOXYNOLS, OCTOXYNOLS, and POLOXAMERS.	Macrogols,Polyoxyethylenes,Carbowax,Macrogol,Polyethylene Glycol,Polyethylene Oxide,Polyethyleneoxide,Polyglycol,Glycol, Polyethylene,Glycols, Polyethylene,Oxide, Polyethylene,Oxides, Polyethylene,Polyethylene Oxides,Polyethyleneoxides,Polyglycols,Polyoxyethylene
D004617	Embolism	Blocking of a blood vessel by an embolus which can be a blood clot or other undissolved material in the blood stream.	Embolus,Embolisms
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000077423	Polidocanol	An alkyl polyglycol ether of LAURYL ALCOHOL, chemically defined as an alcohol ethoxylate having an average alkyl chain of 12–14 carbon atoms, and an ethylene oxide chain of 9 ethylene oxide units. It is used as a detergent, and medically as a local anesthetic, and as a sclerosing agent for the treatment of ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES and VARICOSE VEINS.	Aethoxysclerol,Aethoxysklerol,Aetoxisclerol,Atossisclerol,Atoxysclerol,Brij 30,Brij-30,Dodecyl Ethyleneglycol Monoether,Ethoxysclerol,Hydroxypolyethoxydodecane,Laureth,Laureth 9,Laureth-1,Laureth-4,Laureth-7,Laureth-9,Lauromacrogol,Lauromacrogol 400,Lauromacrogols,Lubrol 12A9,Lubrol-PX,Nonaethylene Glycol Monododecyl Ether,Nonaethyleneglycol Monododecyl Ether,Polyethylene Glycol Monododecyl Ether,Polyethylene Glycol-7-lauryl Ether,Polyoxyethylene 9-lauryl Ether,Polyoxyethylene Lauryl Ether,Polyoxyethylene(4) Lauryl Ether,Polyoxyethylene-4-dodecyl Ether,Polyoxyethylenedodecyl Ether,Tetraethylene Glycol Dodecyl Ether,Tetraethyleneglycol Lauryl Ether,Thesit,alpha-Dodecyl-omega-hydroxypoly(oxy-1,2ethanediyl),Brij30,Dodecyl Ethyleneglycol Monoethers,Ether, Nonaethyleneglycol Monododecyl,Ether, Polyethylene Glycol-7-lauryl,Ether, Polyoxyethylene 9-lauryl,Ether, Polyoxyethylene Lauryl,Ether, Polyoxyethylene-4-dodecyl,Ether, Tetraethyleneglycol Lauryl,Ethyleneglycol Monoether, Dodecyl,Laureth 1,Laureth 4,Laureth 7,Laureths,Lauryl Ether, Tetraethyleneglycol,Lubrol PX,Monododecyl Ether, Nonaethyleneglycol,Monoether, Dodecyl Ethyleneglycol,Nonaethyleneglycol Monododecyl Ethers,Polidocanols,Polyethylene Glycol 7 lauryl Ether,Polyethylene Glycol-7-lauryl Ethers,Polyoxyethylene 4 dodecyl Ether,Polyoxyethylene 9 lauryl Ether,Polyoxyethylene 9-lauryl Ethers,Polyoxyethylene Lauryl Ethers,Polyoxyethylenedodecyl Ethers,Tetraethyleneglycol Lauryl Ethers
D014014	Tissue Adhesives	Substances used to cause adherence of tissue to tissue or tissue to non-tissue surfaces, as for prostheses.	Adhesive, Tissue,Adhesives, Tissue,Tissue Adhesive
D014463	Ultrasonography	The visualization of deep structures of the body by recording the reflections or echoes of ultrasonic pulses directed into the tissues. Use of ultrasound for imaging or diagnostic purposes employs frequencies ranging from 1.6 to 10 megahertz.	Echography,Echotomography,Echotomography, Computer,Sonography, Medical,Tomography, Ultrasonic,Ultrasonic Diagnosis,Ultrasonic Imaging,Ultrasonographic Imaging,Computer Echotomography,Diagnosis, Ultrasonic,Diagnostic Ultrasound,Ultrasonic Tomography,Ultrasound Imaging,Diagnoses, Ultrasonic,Diagnostic Ultrasounds,Imaging, Ultrasonic,Imaging, Ultrasonographic,Imaging, Ultrasound,Imagings, Ultrasonographic,Imagings, Ultrasound,Medical Sonography,Ultrasonic Diagnoses,Ultrasonographic Imagings,Ultrasound, Diagnostic,Ultrasounds, Diagnostic
D014648	Varicose Veins	Enlarged and tortuous VEINS.	Varices,Varix,Varicose Vein,Vein, Varicose,Veins, Varicose
D014689	Venous Insufficiency	Impaired venous blood flow or venous return (venous stasis), usually caused by inadequate venous valves. Venous insufficiency often occurs in the legs, and is associated with EDEMA and sometimes with VENOUS STASIS ULCERS at the ankle.	Insufficiencies, Venous,Insufficiency, Venous,Venous Insufficiencies