Traumatic middle cerebral artery aneurysm secondary to a gunshot wound.

• Author(s): Santos, G ; Lima, T ; Pereira, S ; Macahdo, E
• Date: 2013
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.4/1629
• Origin: Repositório do Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra
• Subject(s): Lesões Cerebrais; Angiografia Cerebral; Aneurisma Intracraniano; Ferimentos por Arma de Fogo
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

Traumatic intracranial aneurysms are rare lesions, accounting for less than 1% of all intracranial aneurysms. Formation of these lesions after a penetrating missile wound is very unusual, and diagnosis can be difficult due to the presence of associated lesions. In this article, we report a case of a woman who developed a middle cerebral artery aneurysm after a gunshot wound, and discuss potential pitfalls found during diagnostic work-up.