Large middle cerebral artery dissecting aneurysm mimicking hemorrhagic stroke

Giuseppe Esposito; Alessio Albanese; Giovanni Sabatino; Alba Scerrati; Carmelo Sturiale; Alessandro Pedicelli; Fabio Pilato; Giulio Maira; Vincenzo Di Lazzaro

doi:10.1016/j.clineuro.2011.05.009

Large middle cerebral artery dissecting aneurysm mimicking hemorrhagic stroke

Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2011 Dec;113(10):901-3. doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2011.05.009. Epub 2011 Jun 15.

Authors

Giuseppe Esposito¹, Alessio Albanese, Giovanni Sabatino, Alba Scerrati, Carmelo Sturiale, Alessandro Pedicelli, Fabio Pilato, Giulio Maira, Vincenzo Di Lazzaro

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Neurosurgery, Catholic University School of Medicine, Rome, Italy.

PMID: 21680086
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2011.05.009

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Aortic Dissection / diagnosis*
Aortic Dissection / pathology
Aortic Dissection / surgery
Aphasia / etiology
Cerebral Angiography
Cerebral Hemorrhage / complications
Cerebral Hemorrhage / diagnosis*
Humans
Intracranial Aneurysm / diagnosis*
Intracranial Aneurysm / pathology
Intracranial Aneurysm / surgery
Male
Middle Cerebral Artery / pathology*
Middle Cerebral Artery / surgery
Neurosurgical Procedures
Paresis / etiology
Stroke / diagnosis*
Stroke / etiology
Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging
Tomography, X-Ray Computed