Two cases of sudden death by rupture of traumatic and bacterial aneurysms.
Unexpected subarachnoid hemorrhage with a fatal outcome was seen in two patients in intensive care in association with trauma and an intracranial inflammatory abscess. The cause of SAH was disclosed at autopsy: traumatic and bacterial aneurysms of the basilar artery respectively. In the reported cases the symptoms of SAH did not suggest an origin.
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Neurosurgical Clinic, University Hospital, University of Essen, FRG.
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D000328:Adult; D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D001488:Basilar Artery; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous