title: Completely thrombosed giant fusiform aneurysm in a young patient--case report.
abstract: A completely thrombosed giant fusiform aneurysm of the peripheral anterior cerebral artery occurred in a 16-year-old female, with a familial and personal history of vascular headache for 4 or 5 years. She was admitted in a drowsy state with severe headache. Computed tomography revealed subarachnoid hemorrhage and intracerebral hemorrhage as a mottled and ring-like high-density area in the left paramedian frontal lobe not enhanced postcontrast. Left carotid angiography demonstrated an avascular mass and a 5 cm defect in the A3 portion of the anterior cerebral artery. The rupture of the giant fusiform aneurysm was confirmed intraoperatively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, Kurume University Medical School, Fukuoka.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shirouzu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Furukawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Aikawa
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nishio
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shigemori
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kuramoto
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009325:Nausea / Q000209:etiology; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014653:Vascular Headaches / Q000209:etiology