[Familial Mediterranean Fever-Associated Lenticulostriate Artery Aneurysm Presenting with Intracranial Hemorrhage and Disappearing Spontaneously: A Case Report]

Brain Nerve. 2021 Jan;73(1):89-93. doi: 10.11477/mf.1416201714.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

Lenticulostriate artery (LSA) aneurysm is relatively rare, and the need for surgical intervention is controversial. Here, we report a case of ruptured LSA aneurysm which was accompanied by familial Mediterranean fever (FMF). A 45-year-old woman with a history of FMF presented with sudden onset of headache and vertigo. Computed tomography revealed hemorrhage in the right caudate nucleus and lateral ventricles. Digital subtraction angiography revealed a fusiform aneurysm (3mm) at the distal site of medial LSA. Observation was selected, and the aneurysm gradually decreased and eventually disappeared on the 105th day from the onset. This was the first report describing an LSA aneurysm associated with FMF. It suggests that such aneurysms could be treated conservatively with close radiological follow-up.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aneurysm, Ruptured* / complications
  • Aneurysm, Ruptured* / diagnostic imaging
  • Aneurysm, Ruptured* / surgery
  • Basal Ganglia Cerebrovascular Disease*
  • Cerebral Angiography
  • Familial Mediterranean Fever*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Aneurysm* / complications
  • Intracranial Aneurysm* / diagnostic imaging
  • Intracranial Aneurysm* / therapy
  • Intracranial Hemorrhages
  • Middle Aged
  • Subarachnoid Hemorrhage*