Aspergillus Aneurysm of the Middle Cerebral Artery Causing a Fatal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
| Autor: | Hiroshi Serizawa, Hideyo Shimada, Yoshiki Hamada, Kanji Tsuchimoto, Yukio Suzuki, Michiko Takahashi, Junko Nakanoma, Shigeru Kuramochi, Naoki Kumagai, Kunihiko Suzuki, Naoto Iwabuchi |
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| Rok vydání: | 1995 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Subarachnoid hemorrhage Cerebral arteries Autopsy Aneurysm Ruptured Aspergillosis Fatal Outcome Aneurysm Trigeminal neuralgia medicine.artery Internal Medicine Humans Medicine cardiovascular diseases Aged Aged 80 and over Rupture Spontaneous business.industry General Medicine Cerebral Arteries Subarachnoid Hemorrhage medicine.disease nervous system diseases Surgery Radiography Paranasal sinuses medicine.anatomical_structure Middle cerebral artery Female business |
| Zdroj: | Internal Medicine. 34:550-553 |
| ISSN: | 1349-7235 0918-2918 |
| Popis: | A rare case of Aspergillus aneurysm of the central nervous system (CNS) leading to subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is reported. An 83-year-old woman developed visual disturbance and headache. Computed tomographic scans showed no evidence of aneurysm or tumor in the intracranium. She suddenly died from SAH. Autopsy revealed massive SAH due to ruptured Aspergillus aneurysm of the middle cerebral artery. Aspergillus was suggested to have extended from the paranasal sinuses. Aspergillosis of CNS should be considered in patients with neurological symptoms such as visual disturbance and trigeminal neuralgia, especially in cases of the aged or immunocompromised. |
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