Resumen

ALVARADO BORGES, Ania; MARTINEZ NAVARRO, Javier  y  PENARANDA PORDOMINGO, Dania. Atherosclerotic Aneurysm of the Basilar Artery and Hydrocephalus. A Case Report. Medisur [online]. 2014, vol.12, n.4, pp.655-661. ISSN 1727-897X.

Intracranial aneurysms are fairly common. Many of them produce no symptoms, often remaining undiagnosed during life. At autopsy, aneurysms of the basilar artery appear in 2 to 5% of the cases; among them, saccular and congenital aneurysms are more common than atherosclerotic and fusiform aneurysms. A case of atherosclerotic aneurysm of the basilar artery diagnosed at autopsy in an 88-year-old man is presented. This patient had been admitted with a diagnosis of ischemic stroke, intracranial hypertension and hydrocephalus, which led physicians to consider a posterior fossa tumor. This paper aims at presenting the autopsy findings that showed the presence of an atherosclerotic aneurysm of the basilar artery.

Palabras clave : intracranial aneurysm; basilar artery; hydrocephalus; autopsy; aneurysm; intracranial arteriosclerosis.

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