[A partly thrombosed basilar artery aneurysm simulating a tumor of the 3d ventricle].
The article reports on a giant aneurysm of the bifurcation of the basilar artery simulating a tumour of the third ventricle and producing a marked diencephalic syndrome. It was diagnosed and treated as a tumour. The symptoms are discussed and noteworthy similar cases are reviewed.
D000368:Aged; D001488:Basilar Artery / Q000473:pathology; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002551:Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D002542:Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014715:Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology
Ein teilthrombosiertes Basilarisaneurysma als Tumor des 3. Ventrikels imponierend.