title: Subarachnoid haemorrhage in a child from an aneurysm of a persistent primitive hypoglossal artery.
abstract: We report a 10-year-old boy who presented with a subarachnoid haemorrhage from a ruptured hypoglossal artery aneurysm. The aneurysm was clipped via a transcondylar approach. The embryology, occurrence and the surgical approach to aneurysms at this site are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Wessex Neurological Centre, Southampton General Hospital, UK.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Duffill
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Lang
authors.forename: G N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Dwyer
mesh_terms: D001488:Basilar Artery / Q000503:physiopathology; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology