Screening for unruptured familial intracranial aneurysms: subarachnoid hemorrhage 2 years after angiography negative for aneurysms.

Schievink, W I; Limburg, M; Dreissen, J J; Peeters, F L; ter Berg, H W · Neurosurgery · 1991

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

The screening of asymptomatic individuals in families with intracranial aneurysms has been advocated to detect unruptured aneurysms before a major hemorrhage occurs. We report a 39-year-old male member of a large Dutch family, with a documented history of intracranial aneurysms, who suffered a subarachnoid hemorrhage 2 years after cerebral digital subtraction angiography using intravenously administered contrast medium showed no abnormalities. Conventional arteriography demonstrated three intracranial aneurysms measuring 3 x 3 mm. Potential alternative screening procedures are discussed.

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