Pediatric intracranial aneurysm: a diagnostic dilemma solved with contrast-enhanced MR imaging

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2003 Mar;24(3):370-2.

Abstract

Childhood intracranial aneurysms are exceedingly uncommon. Diagnosis of intracranial aneurysms in infancy may be difficult because of their infrequency and confusing clinical presentation. Findings with routine radiographic methods may be misleading and difficult to interpret. We present a case of the rupture of an anterior communicating artery aneurysm in a 7-month-old child. The rupture had eluded diagnosis until contrast-enhanced MR imaging was performed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Angiography, Digital Subtraction
  • Cerebral Angiography
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage / diagnosis
  • Contrast Media / administration & dosage
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Frontal Lobe / pathology
  • Humans
  • Hydrocephalus / diagnosis
  • Image Enhancement*
  • Infant
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / diagnosis*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Male
  • Neurologic Examination
  • Vasospasm, Intracranial / diagnosis

Substances

  • Contrast Media