title: Acute deterioration from thrombosis and rerupture of a giant intracranial aneurysm.
abstract: The authors describe a patient with an unusual clinicopathologic picture of giant aneurysmal hemorrhage followed by sudden deterioration due to acute intra-aneurysmal thrombosis and fatal rebleeding. This patient underscores the poor natural history associated with this devastating disease and serves to highlight the dangers inherent in the delayed treatment of these life-threatening lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
authors.forename: V G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Khurana
authors.forename: E F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Wijdicks
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Parisi
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Piepgras
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002542:Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed