title: Spontaneous partial thrombosis of a basilar artery giant aneurysm in a child.
abstract: We report the complete, spontaneous obliteration of a partially thrombosed dissecting giant aneurysm in the basilar artery by occlusion of both the lumen of the aneurysm and the parent artery in a 15-year-old girl.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroradiology, Istituto Nazionale Neurologico "Carlo Besta", Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Elisa F M
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Ciceri
authors.forename: Alison L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Lawhead
authors.forename: Tiziana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: De Simone
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Valvassori
authors.forename: Edoardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Boccardi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000098:blood supply; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D003097:Collateral Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis*; D020766:Intracranial Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D011149:Pons / Q000098:blood supply; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D014715:Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis*