• Rev Med Interne · Dec 2020

    Case Reports

    [Cerebral bleeding during a cryotherapy session: A case report].

    • R Cronier, P Fardellone, and V Goëb.
    • Service de rhumatologie, université de Picardie Jules-Verne, CHU Amiens Picardie, place Victor-Pauchet, 80054 Amiens cedex 1, France.
    • Rev Med Interne. 2020 Dec 1; 41 (12): 843-845.

    IntroductionWhole body cryotherapy is a new therapeutic for pain treatment. Cryotherapy is, so far, a controversial technique challenged for its efficacy and its security.Case ReportThis is the case of a 61-year-old woman suffering from a haemorrhagic cerebrovascular accident during a whole-body cryotherapy session. The patient was treated for a psoriatic arthritis and was in remission. The aetiological screening was negative.ConclusionWe hypothesize that the whole-body cryotherapy was responsible for this stroke.Copyright © 2020 Société Nationale Française de Médecine Interne (SNFMI). Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.

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