Subarachnoid haemorrhage in a child from an aneurysm of a persistent primitive hypoglossal artery.
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.
Duffill
J
J
Wessex Neurological Centre, Southampton General Hospital, UK.
Lang
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DA
Dwyer
G N
GN
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