title: [Four cases of cerebral arterial ectasia--its clinical manifestations and surgical treatment].
abstract: Four cases of intracranial arterial ectasia are reported. The clinical manifestations of the four cases due to the arterial ectasia were ischemic attack in two patients, subarachnoid hemorrhage in one patient and abducens palsy in one patient. Surgical treatment was performed in three patients. The angiographic findings of the four patients were reported and the pathogenesis and the possibility of the surgical treatment of the arterial ectasia were discussed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged