POSTERIOR CIRCULATION ANEURYSMS IN A CHILD - CLIPPING OF ONE LEADS TOSPONTANEOUS THROMBOSIS OF THE OTHER

Multiple intracranial aneurysms in children are infrequent. This case involves an 11-year-old girl who presented with subarachnoid hemorrhag e with posterior cerebral and superior cerebellar artery aneurysms. In itially, she underwent clipping of the posterior cerebral artery aneur ysm. Four months later, she returned for clipping of the other aneurys m, at which time it was found to have completely thombosed. The litera ture contains 4 other cases of spontaneous thrombosis of intracranial aneurysms in children, but only one aneurysm <25 mm in size is describ ed. The clinical, surgical, and radiological features of this case and a detailed literature review are presented.