Repeated rupture of a middle meningeal artery aneurysm in moyamoya disease. Case report

J Neurosurg. 2010 Oct;113(4):749-52. doi: 10.3171/2009.11.JNS09895.

Abstract

A case of moyamoya disease associated with subarachnoid hemorrhage and intracerebral hematoma resulting from repeated rupture of a middle meningeal artery aneurysm is reported. The aneurysm was progressively enlarged over a period of 1 month and was treated with middle meningeal artery embolization. The treatment method is discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aneurysm, Ruptured / etiology*
  • Aneurysm, Ruptured / surgery
  • Cerebral Angiography
  • Craniotomy
  • Female
  • Headache / etiology
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / etiology*
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / surgery
  • Meningeal Arteries*
  • Moyamoya Disease / complications*
  • Neurosurgical Procedures
  • Temporal Lobe / diagnostic imaging
  • Temporal Lobe / pathology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Unconsciousness / etiology