Spontaneous fusiform middle cerebral artery aneurysms: Characteristics and a proposed mechanism of formation

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 228-240

  Day, Arthur L ^a   Gaposchkin, Christopher G ^b   Yu, Chun Jiang ^b   Rivet, Dennis J ^b   Dacey Jr , Ralph G ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dissecting aneurysm; Fusiform aneurysm; Giant aneurysm; Middle cerebral artery; Pathogenesis; Serpentine aneurysm

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN PERFUSION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; FEMALE; FUSIFORM MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY ANEURYSM; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MORPHOLOGY; NEWBORN; ONSET AGE; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 0042846014     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2003.99.2.0228     Document Type: Article

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