title: Thrombotic complications of a basilar artery aneurysm in a young adult with Pompe disease.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Pompe disease or type 2 glycogen storage disease is an inherited condition that generally afflicts the heart and skeletal muscle. Nervous tissue involvement is known; however, the effect on cerebral vasculature is less well understood.
  
  
  METHODS
  The thrombotic complications of a fusiform basilar artery aneurysm in a young adult patient with Pompe disease is presented with complete CT, MRI, and angiographic findings.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We suggest that in young adult patients with Pompe disease, MRA screening of intracerebral vessels may be considered with the goal of potentially diagnosing thrombotic and thromboembolic complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, School of Medicine, Washington University in St Louis, Saint Louis, MO 63110, USA. refaid@nsurg.wustl.edu
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Refai
authors.forename: Raisa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lev
authors.forename: Dewitt T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Cross
authors.forename: Joshua S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Shimony
authors.forename: Jeffery R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Leonard
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006009:Glycogen Storage Disease Type II / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D020767:Intracranial Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography