Inflammatory aneurysm and neurocysticercosis: further evidence for a causal relationship? Case report.
OBJECTIVE
Two cases of inflammatory aneurysms in patients with neurocysticercosis have been reported previously. Clinical and radiographic studies suggest a causal relationship.


METHODS
A man with neurocysticercosis presented with an acute subarachnoid hemorrhage from a left middle cerebral artery aneurysm.


METHODS
The patient underwent a craniotomy and clipping of his aneurysm. Diffuse inflammatory changes and multiple cysticercal cysts were found throughout the left sylvian fissure.


CONCLUSIONS
The patient had an uneventful recovery. Angiography suggested an inflammatory rather than a congenital aneurysm. Although rare, neurocysticercosis may induce aneurysm formation in the appropriate setting.
Huang
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Department of Neurosurgery, New York University Medical Center, New York 10016, USA.
Choudhri
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D000328:Adult; D015766:Albendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000209:etiology; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D020019:Neurocysticercosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D000871:Anthelmintics; D015766:Albendazole