Traumatic intracranial aneurysms: a contemporary review

J Trauma. 1993 Dec;35(6):855-60.

Abstract

Intracranial aneurysms are rare complications of head injury. Clinical and pathologic features as well as the surgical treatment of patients harboring traumatic intracranial aneurysms are presented. The latest neuroradiologic procedures as they relate to traumatic aneurysms are discussed. An illustrative case report is followed by a review of the literature.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aneurysm, Ruptured* / diagnosis
  • Aneurysm, Ruptured* / epidemiology
  • Aneurysm, Ruptured* / etiology
  • Aneurysm, Ruptured* / surgery
  • Angiography, Digital Subtraction
  • Cerebral Angiography
  • Corpus Callosum / blood supply*
  • Craniocerebral Trauma / complications*
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Intracranial Aneurysm* / diagnosis
  • Intracranial Aneurysm* / epidemiology
  • Intracranial Aneurysm* / etiology
  • Intracranial Aneurysm* / surgery
  • Male
  • Neurologic Examination
  • Prognosis
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed