title: Giant posterior cerebral artery aneurysm in a 4-year-old child: case report.
abstract: Posterior cerebral artery aneurysms in children aged 5 years or less are very rare. We were able to find only 10 cases previously described in the literature. We present a case of giant bilobulated aneurysm of the distal right posterior cerebral artery in a 4-year-old child with an initial history of spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage. The aneurysm was clipped and the patient had full recovery. Based on the literature review, we discuss the characteristics of these rare aneurysms, making a comparison with different age groups.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Santa Casa de Misericordia Hospital, Ciencias Medicas Medical Scholl, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: de Sousa
authors.forename: F L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Dantas
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Neto
authors.forename: G T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Carvalho
mesh_terms: D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000601:surgery*; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome