Aneurysms of blood vessels at the base of the brain are pathological focal out-pouchings, usually found at the branching points of the arteries. Aneurysm can remain silent for life. Clinical presentation is due to rupture and bleeding. In only 1.3% of cases it results in subdural hematoma, which is associated with direct interaction of the aneurysm with the basal arachnoid membrane. Multiple an...

Aim: To measure the bony carotid canal diameters in people without any cerebral vascular variations or aneurysms that would affect and to determine whether of width could be an indicator aneurysyms variations. Material Methods: Seven-hundred neck-brain CT angiographies were assessed retrospectively. Of patients, 283 (40.4%) women 417 (59.6%) men. Bilateral diameter was measured. Cerebral record...

Left ventricular aneurysm (LVA) and false aneurysm are complications of acute myocardial infarction, trauma, and cardiac surgery. Left ventricular false aneurysm (LVFA) is a particularly catastrophic complication owing to its high propensity for rupture. Surgical resection should be considered for LVFA occurring within three months after myocardial infarction or development of congestive heart ...

Brain aneurysm rupture has been reported to be directly related to the size of aneurysms. The current method used to determine aneurysm size is to manually measure the width of the neck and height of the dome on a computer screen. Because aneurysms usually have complicated shapes, using the size of the aneurysm neck and dome may not be accurate and may overlook important geometrical information...

A 25-year-old man presented with a 3-month history of gradually progressive right side hemiparkinsonism. On examination his Unified Parkinson Disease Rating Scale motor score was 12 on the right side. There were no other abnormal neurologic findings. Brain MRI and angiography showed a giant thrombus containing aneurysm of the left middle cerebral artery compressing the left basal ganglia (figur...

There is considerable interest in the development of symptomatic inflammatory reactions following coil embolization of cerebral aneurysms. Patients have experienced a range of adverse events, usually after treatment of moderately large aneurysms with modified "bioactive" coils. More recently, it has been recognized that adverse inflammatory reactions can be associated with the use of "nonbioact...

BACKGROUND Mycotic aneurysm is a rare potentially life-threatening complication of infective endocarditis (IE). Little data is available on the management and outcomes of ruptured mycotic aneurysms with large intracerebral hematoma. Few cases have been described on the management of mycotic aneurysm in the presence of life-threatening hematoma and mass effect. CASE DESCRIPTION We are presenti...

A 69-year-old woman developed hydrocephalus after the embolization of an incidentally detected unruptured large internal carotid artery aneurysm with bare platinum coils. Endovascular embolization resulted in near-total aneurysm occlusion. She complained of mild headache 18 hours after the procedure and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging performed on the 6(th) post-treatment day revealed wall enha...

We describe a man aged 42 years with mitral valve regurgitation who suffered from subacute bacterial endocarditis caused by Streptococcus morbillorum. The clinical picture began with a toxic syndrome. Five months later, the patient had an embolic episode and a right rostral pontine stroke, which was followed a few days later by an adversive focal seizure on the right. Despite antibiotic treatme...

BACKGROUND The association between glioblastoma and intracranial aneurysm is rare. Treatment guidelines do not exist, and operative mortality and morbidity are significantly high. To our knowledge, no prior cases have employed endovascular therapy for the treatment of these intra-tumor intracranial aneurysms followed by tumor resection. CASE PRESENTATION A 74-year-old male, history of a left ...