title: Large middle cerebral artery dissecting aneurysm mimicking hemorrhagic stroke.
abstract: Dissection of intracranial arteries is a rare cause of cerebrovascular diseases commonly presenting as an ischemic stroke. We report a patient with middle cerebral artery dissection who developed a large middle cerebral artery dissecting aneurysm mimicking a hemorrhagic stroke.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Neurosurgery, Catholic University School of Medicine, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Esposito
authors.forename: Alessio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Albanese
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sabatino
authors.forename: Alba
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Scerrati
authors.forename: Carmelo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sturiale
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pedicelli
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pilato
authors.forename: Giulio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Maira
authors.forename: Vincenzo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Di Lazzaro
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D001037:Aphasia / Q000209:etiology; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D020768:Middle Cerebral Artery / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures; D010291:Paresis / Q000209:etiology; D020521:Stroke / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed