Fusiform aneurysm of basilar artery and ectatic internal carotid arteries associated with glycogenosis type 2 (Pompe's disease)

Neurosurgery. 1987 Nov;21(5):748-9. doi: 10.1227/00006123-198711000-00030.

Abstract

A case of a proven glycogenosis Type 2 (Pompe's disease) with a fusiform aneurysm of the basilar artery associated with ectatic internal carotic arteries and multiple intracerebral embolisms is presented.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Basilar Artery / pathology*
  • Carotid Artery Diseases / pathology*
  • Carotid Artery, Internal / pathology
  • Cerebral Angiography
  • Female
  • Glycogen Storage Disease / pathology*
  • Glycogen Storage Disease Type II / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / pathology*
  • Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / pathology*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed