Rupture of a giant posterior inferior cerebellar artery aneurysm in an infant following a ventriculoperitoneal shunt--Case report.
A 4-month-old female child presented with a huge posterior fossa mass lesion and severe hydrocephalus. Six hours after a ventriculoperitoneal shunt procedure, her condition worsened and she died. Autopsy showed extensive intracranial hemorrhage due to rupture of a posterior inferior cerebellar artery aneurysm. The probable causes of the rupture of the aneurysm were mechanical effects or changes in cerebral blood flow.
Desai
K
K
Department of Neurosurgery, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Seth G. S. Medical College, Parel, Mumbai, India.
Nadkarni
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T
Muzumdar
D
D
Goel
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D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000150:complications*; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000601:surgery*; D007223:Infant; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000150:complications*; D019586:Intracranial Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt