1. Fusiform basilar artery aneurysm in a child
- Author
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Stanley D. Johnsen, Gary Okamoto, and Jon C. Kooiker
- Subjects
Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Ophthalmoplegia ,business.industry ,Neurologic Signs ,Fusiform Aneurysm ,Intracranial Aneurysm ,Cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis ,medicine.disease ,Aneurysm ,Acute onset ,Corticosteroid therapy ,medicine.artery ,Internal medicine ,Basilar Artery ,cardiovascular system ,Basilar artery ,medicine ,Cardiology ,Humans ,Neurology (clinical) ,Headaches ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Child - Abstract
A giant fusiform aneurysm of the basilar artery was present in a 10-year-old boy with a 2-year history of intermittent headaches and the acute onset of neurologic signs. Elevated sedimentation rate, cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis, and an apparent response to corticosteroid therapy suggest a chronic inflammatory vascular process. The uniqueness of this aneurysm in a child and the possible underlying arteriopathies are discussed.
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- 1977