Intracranial aneurysm associated with cerebral cavernous angioma. Case report

J Neurosurg Sci. 1993 Mar;37(1):25-7.

Abstract

The very rare case of association of anterior communicating artery aneurysm and a right frontal cavernoma not visualized by CT-scan and angiography in a 37-year-old man is described. The rarity and the possible pathogenesis of this association are discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Brain Neoplasms / complications*
  • Brain Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Cerebral Angiography
  • Frontal Lobe*
  • Frontal Sinus
  • Hemangioma, Cavernous / complications*
  • Hemangioma, Cavernous / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / epidemiology
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / etiology*
  • Male
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary
  • Osteoma
  • Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms
  • Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / etiology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed