Lately-Occurring Stroke following Glioma Surgery: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature

The occurrence of post-operative stroke following surgery for brain glioma is a rare complication as a rule related to intraoperative technical difficulties leading to significant vessel occlusion. Ischemic stroke occurring relatively late following an apparently uncomplicated surgery for cerebral glioma is an extremely rare event. We report here a case of a 64-yers-old man who developed a stroke two weeks following an apparently uncomplicated, though technically demanding, gross total removal of a deep temporal glioma and discuss the possible implications of this, though extremely rare, pathological event.