title: Sudden death due to rupture of a saccular intracranial aneurysm in a 13-year-old boy.
abstract: This case report describes sudden death in a young boy resulting from an undiagnosed saccular intracranial aneurysm located at the right posterior cerebral artery. It is suggested that the rupture might have been provoked by xylometazolin aerosol, which can increase blood pressure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Aarhus, Denmark.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Meldgaard
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vesterby
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Ostergaard
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000316:Adrenergic alpha-Agonists / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000494:pharmacology; D000336:Aerosols; D001642:Bicycling; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000150:complications; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000494:pharmacology; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous
chemical_list: D000316:Adrenergic alpha-Agonists; D000336:Aerosols; D007093:Imidazoles; C009695:xylometazoline