Cerebral mycotic aneurysm of fungal origin. Case report.
A young man who had a long history of sinusitis developed subarachnoid hemorrhage and died. Autopsy showed a mycotic aneurysm of fungal origin at the junction of the right posterior cerebral and internal carotid arteries. Four of five reported cases of fungal aneurysm were due to Aspergillus infection.
D000293:Adolescent; D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D001230:Aspergillus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000473:pathology; D005626:Frontal Sinus; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000150:complications