• Cerebrovascular diseases · Jan 2014

    Facial angioedema and stroke.

    • Ralph Werner, Moritz Keller, and Johannes C Woehrle.
    • Department of Neurology/Stroke Unit, Katholisches Klinikum Koblenz-Montabaur, Koblenz, Germany.
    • Cerebrovasc. Dis. 2014 Jan 1;38(2):101-6.

    BackgroundAngioedema (AE) in stroke has been reported exclusively after thrombolysis with recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator (rtPA). Previous studies proposed the insular cortex to play a specific role in the development of AE after stroke. We evaluated the incidence of AE in acute stroke and tried to identify the predominantly involved brain structures.MethodsWe performed a retrospective search of our stroke database for patients with an AE. MRI data were analyzed by adapting the images to a standard size and superimposing the infarctions. The areas of overlap were assumed to represent the areas of interest.Results865 of 4,789 (18.1%) consecutive patients with acute stroke received IV rtPA, 20 of them (2.3%) developed AE. One patient developed AE without prior thrombolysis. The odds ratio for AE after rtPA was 93 (95% CI: 12-693). Of the 21 AE patients, 15 (71.4%) had ACE-inhibitor treatment (ACEi) and 7 (33.3%) had diabetes. In all but one patient, AE was clearly lateralized; then the AE was contralateral to the side of the ischemia in 18 of 20 patients (90.0%). An insular/peri-insular involvement was detected in 17/21 (81.0%). About 80.0% of the patients had a suspected MCA branch occlusion.ConclusionsIn contrast to AE in other conditions, AE in stroke seems to feature a unique cerebral pathology because it is mostly lateralized (contralateral to an infarction), is associated with a distinct brain area, may even occur without rtPA, and is far more frequent than after thrombolysis for other indications. rtPA is the major risk factor. Similar to prior studies, we identified ACEi to be another risk factor, and a diabetic autonomic instability might further increase the risk. Central pathways involving the insular and peri-insular cortex seem to play a major role in the pathophysiology of AE in stroke.© 2014 S. Karger AG, Basel.

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