Intracranial aneurysm (overview)
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Deng F, Sharma R, Hamdan L, et al. Intracranial aneurysm (overview). Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 13 Mar 2025) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-80955
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Systems:
Synonyms:
- Cerebral aneurysms
- Intracranial aneurysms
- Cerebral aneurysm
- Intracranial aneurysm
Intracranial aneurysms, also called cerebral aneurysms, are aneurysms of the intracranial arteries. The most common morphologic type is the saccular aneurysm.
Pathology
There is not a universal classification for the types of intracranial aneurysms, resulting in a heterogeneous mix of terms based on the morphology, size, location, and etiology 1,2:
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References
- 1. Bonneville F, Sourour N, Biondi A. Intracranial Aneurysms: An Overview. Neuroimaging Clin N Am. 2006;16(3):371-82, vii. doi:10.1016/j.nic.2006.05.001 - Pubmed
- 2. Mizutani T, Miki Y, Kojima H, Suzuki H. Proposed Classification of Nonatherosclerotic Cerebral Fusiform and Dissecting Aneurysms. Neurosurgery. 1999;45(2):253-9; discussion 259. doi:10.1097/00006123-199908000-00010 - Pubmed
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Articles:
- Subdural hemorrhage
- Persistent hypoglossal artery
- CT angiography of the circle of Willis (protocol)
- Arterial transit artifact
- PHACE syndrome
- Neoplastic intracranial aneurysm
- Basilar artery aneurysm
- MRI safety
- PHASES risk prediction score
- Posterior communicating artery duplication
- Woven endovascular bridge
- Vertebral artery
- Trigeminal autonomic cephalgia
- Saccular cerebral aneurysm
- Anterior cerebral artery
- Delayed intraparenchymal haemorrhage
- Marfan syndrome
- Persistent primitive olfactory artery
- Seckel syndrome
- Cerebellar haemorrhage
Cases:
- ِAnterior communicating artery aneurysm
- Cavernous sinus aneurysm with abducens palsy
- Vertebral artery aneursym (giant)
- Cerebral aneurysm - terminal internal carotid artery
- Massive cavernous ICA aneurysm
- Orbital abscess
- Intracranial mycotic aneurysm secondary to infective endocarditis
- Anterior communicating artery aneurysm
- Posterior cerebral artery aneurysm
- Cervical dural arteriovenous fistula
- Anterior communicating artery aneurysm with subarachnoid haemorrhage
- Ruptured cerebral aneurysm (gross pathology)
- Saccular cerebral aneurysm
- Giant intracranial aneurysm
- Ruptured ACA aneurysm
- Neurogenic pulmonary edema due to brain death
- Ruptured pericallosal aneurysm
- Convexal subarachnoid haemorrhage secondary to superior sagittal sinus thrombosis
- Intracerebral haemorrhage secondary to aneurysm
- Intracerebral haemorrhage secondary to aneurysm
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