title: Intracranial arterial aneurysms in childhood: case report.
abstract: A case of an intracranial arterial aneurysm at internal carotid bifurcation in a 10-year-old girl is described with the special features of cerebral aneurysm which occur in children, comparing with the adults. We alert for the necessity of carefully operative technique in order to avoid damage and intraoperative rupture of the aneurysm due to the very thin vessel wall that this population can develop. Our recommendation is early surgery in these patients.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Neurocirurgia, Hospital Itamaraty, and Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. acapuano@terra.com.br
authors.forename: Fernando Campos Gomes
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Pinto
authors.forename: Leandro
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Valiengo
authors.forename: Pedro Paulo Mariani Lima
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: Hamilton
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matushita
authors.forename: José Píndaro Pereira
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Plese
mesh_terms: D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed