De Novo Formation and Rupture of an Intracranial Aneurysm within 17 Days in an 84-Year Old Patient without a Previous History of Intracranial Aneurysms: A Case Report

Wouter M Sluis, Gabriel JE Rinkel and Ynte M Ruigrok

Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Netherlands

^*Correspondance to: Ynte M Ruigrok 

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Abstract:

Development and rupture of an intracranial aneurysm within a short time is rare, in particular in patients without a previous history of intracranial aneurysms. Here we describe an octogenarian who died from a subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) from an aneurysm of the left internal carotid artery that was not present on imaging 17 days earlier. This case report shows that aneurysms can develop and rupture within weeks, even in octogenarians without a previous history of intracranial aneurysms.

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Sluis WM, Rinkel GJE, Ruigrok YM. De Novo Formation and Rupture of an Intracranial Aneurysm within 17 Days in an 84-Year Old Patient without a Previous History of Intracranial Aneurysms: A Case Report. Ann Clin Case Rep. 2017; 2: 1470.