Rapid Resolution of the Neurogenic Pulmonary Edema after Evacuation of the Cerebellar Hematoma: Case Report

Neurogenic pulmonary edema is a well-known entity that may be seen after head trauma or any pathology leading to increase intracranial pressure. Any pressure effect on the solitary nucleus or hypothalamus or medulla oblongata may cause excessive sympathetic discharge and leads to changing of the pulmonary vascular pressure causing transcapillary fluid leak and resulting in pulmonary edema. However, in some cases no pathology is observed at the hypothalamus, medulla or the solitary nucleus, so the exact mechanism leading to neurogenic pulmonary edema could not be explained as yet. We presented this case to emphasize the importance of the evaluation of the respiratory function in patients with hemorrhage at the cerebellopontine angle due to arteriovenous malformation.