Fusiform basilar artery aneurysm in a child.
A giant fisuform basilar artery aneurysm ruptured, causing the death of an 11-year-old girl who had presented with a 5-month history of headaches and a 1-month history of progressive brainstem features with choreiform movements. This case, unlike other reported cases, demonstrated no evidence of a generalized arteriopathy, and draws attention to the occurrence of this rare cause in the differential diagnosis of progressive brainstem syndrome in children.
D001488:Basilar Artery / Q000473:pathology; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D002819:Chorea / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male