1. Intracranial aneurysm and arachnoid cyst: just a coincidence? A case report
- Author
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Rafael Gomes dos Santos, Rafael Carlos da Silva, João Miguel de Almeida Silva, Guilherme Brasileiro de Aguiar, José Carlos Esteves Veiga, and Aline Lariessy Campos Paiva
- Subjects
Brain aneurysm ,Middle Cerebral Artery ,medicine.medical_specialty ,congenital, hereditary, and neonatal diseases and abnormalities ,lcsh:Medicine ,Context (language use) ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Aneurysm ,Arachnoid cyst ,Arachnoid cysts ,medicine ,Humans ,Cyst ,In patient ,030212 general & internal medicine ,cardiovascular diseases ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,lcsh:R ,Intracranial Aneurysm ,Magnetic resonance imaging ,General Medicine ,Collagen diseases ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Intracranial aneurysm ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,Cerebral Angiography ,nervous system diseases ,Arachnoid Cysts ,body regions ,Intracranial hemorrhages ,cardiovascular system ,Female ,Radiology ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Cerebral angiography - Abstract
CONTEXT: Presence of an arachnoid cyst and a non-ruptured intracystic brain aneurysm is extremely rare. The aim of this paper was to describe a case of a patient with an arachnoid cyst and a non-ruptured aneurysm inside it. Clinical, surgical and radiological data were analyzed and the literature was reviewed. CASE REPORT: A patient complained of chronic headache. She was diagnosed as having a temporal arachnoid cyst and a non-ruptured middle cerebral artery aneurysm inside it. Surgery was performed to clip the aneurysm and fenestrate the cyst. CONCLUSIONS: This report raises awareness about the importance of intracranial vascular investigation in patients with arachnoid cysts and brain hemorrhage.
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- 2019