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

R Cronier; P Fardellone; V Goëb

doi:10.1016/j.revmed.2020.08.003

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

Rev Med Interne. 2020 Dec;41(12):843-845. doi: 10.1016/j.revmed.2020.08.003. Epub 2020 Sep 29.

[Article in French]

Authors

R Cronier¹, P Fardellone², V Goëb¹

Affiliations

¹ Service de rhumatologie, université de Picardie Jules-Verne, CHU Amiens Picardie, place Victor-Pauchet, 80054 Amiens cedex 1, France.
² Service de rhumatologie, université de Picardie Jules-Verne, CHU Amiens Picardie, place Victor-Pauchet, 80054 Amiens cedex 1, France. Electronic address: fardellone.patrice@chu-amiens.fr.

PMID: 32994067
DOI: 10.1016/j.revmed.2020.08.003

Abstract

Introduction: Whole body cryotherapy is a new therapeutic for pain treatment. Cryotherapy is, so far, a controversial technique challenged for its efficacy and its security.

Case report: This 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.

Conclusion: We hypothesize that the whole-body cryotherapy was responsible for this stroke.

Keywords: Accident vasculaire hémorragique; Cryotherapy; Cryothérapie; Haemorrhagic cerebrovascular accident; Psoriatic arthritis; Rhumatisme psoriasique.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Arthritis, Psoriatic / therapy*
Cerebral Hemorrhage / diagnosis
Cerebral Hemorrhage / etiology*
Cryotherapy / adverse effects*
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Pain Management / adverse effects
Pain Management / methods
Stroke / diagnosis
Stroke / etiology