A thrombosed saccular posterior cerebral artery aneurysm in an infant.
A case of recurrent hemiplegia due to saccular aneurysm of the left posterior cerebral artery in a female infant is described. The diagnosis was made at angiography, prompted by CT detection of a hyperdense, intra-aneurysmal thrombus, and was confirmed at subsequent surgery.
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Subang Jaya Medical Centre, Selangor, Malaysia.
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D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D005260:Female; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002542:Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed