Thrombotic complications of a basilar artery aneurysm in a young adult with Pompe disease.
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.
Refai
Daniel
D
Department of Neurological Surgery, School of Medicine, Washington University in St Louis, Saint Louis, MO 63110, USA. refaid@nsurg.wustl.edu
Lev
Raisa
R
Cross
Dewitt T
DT
Shimony
Joshua S
JS
Leonard
Jeffery R
JR
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