In:
Stroke, Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), Vol. 26, No. 10 ( 1995-10), p. 1945-1949
Abstract:
Background Stroke caused by spontaneous thrombosis of an unruptured intracranial aneurysm is a rare event. Case Description A 66-year-old woman experienced a transient ischemic attack and cerebral infarctions due to spontaneous thrombosis of an unruptured anterior communicating artery aneurysm. Extension of thrombus into both anterior cerebral arteries and the left middle cerebral artery, resulting in ischemic infarction in all three vascular territories, was diagnosed by CT scanning, MRI, and cerebral angiography and confirmed at autopsy. Conclusions This case illustrates a rare complication of an unruptured saccular aneurysm with neuroimaging and pathological correlation. Morphological and hemodynamic factors that may have precipitated aneurysm thrombosis are discussed with reference to experimental models.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0039-2499
,
1524-4628
DOI:
10.1161/01.STR.26.10.1945
Language:
English
Publisher:
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Publication Date:
1995
detail.hit.zdb_id:
1467823-8
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