%0 Generic %A Aguiar, Guilherme Brasileiro de %A Santos, Rafael Gomes dos %A Paiva, Aline Lariessy Campos %A Silva, João Miguel de Almeida %A Silva, Rafael Carlos da %A Veiga, José Carlos Esteves %D 2017 %T Intracranial aneurysm and arachnoid cyst: just a coincidence? A case report %U https://scielo.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Intracranial_aneurysm_and_arachnoid_cyst_just_a_coincidence_A_case_report/5720017 %R 10.6084/m9.figshare.5720017.v1 %2 https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/10048642 %2 https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/10048648 %2 https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/10048663 %K Arachnoid cysts %K Intracranial aneurysm %K Collagen diseases %K Intracranial hemorrhages %X

ABSTRACT CONTEXT: Presence of an arachnoid cyst and a non-ruptured intracystic brain aneurysm is extremely rare. The aim of this paper was to describe a case of a patient with an arachnoid cyst and a non-ruptured aneurysm inside it. Clinical, surgical and radiological data were analyzed and the literature was reviewed. CASE REPORT: A patient complained of chronic headache. She was diagnosed as having a temporal arachnoid cyst and a non-ruptured middle cerebral artery aneurysm inside it. Surgery was performed to clip the aneurysm and fenestrate the cyst. CONCLUSIONS: This report raises awareness about the importance of intracranial vascular investigation in patients with arachnoid cysts and brain hemorrhage.

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