title: Traumatic false aneurysm of the middle meningeal artery causing an intracerebral hemorrhage: case report and literature review.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Traumatic false aneurysms of the meningeal arteries are rare. We report an unusual case of an intracerebral hematoma caused by the rupture of a traumatic aneurysm of the middle meningeal artery.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 64-year-old woman suffered a massive spontaneous intracerebral fronto-temporal hemorrhage. Cerebral angiogram revealed a pseudoaneurysm of the middle meningeal artery. At operation, a skull fracture was discovered in the vicinity of the aneurysm. The patient died the day after surgery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although rare, traumatic meningeal aneurysms should be considered as a possible cause of cerebral hematoma. Because of their potential morbidity and mortality, they must be detected and treated rapidly.
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Mont-Godinne, Université Catholique de Louvain, Yvoir, Belgium.
authors: Michaël
authors: M
authors: Bruneau
authors: Thierry
authors: T
authors: Gustin
authors: Khalid
authors: K
authors: Zekhnini
authors: Claude
authors: C
authors: Gilliard
mesh_terms: D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D020202:Cerebral Hemorrhage, Traumatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008576:Meningeal Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography