MYCOTIC-ANEURYSMS OF THE INTRACRANIAL VESSELS

The salient clinical and pathological features are reported of Aspergi llus cerebral aneurysms in four young women who had undergone intra-ab dominal surgery under spinal anaesthesia and developed clinical featur es of meningitis 7-16 days postoperatively. The circle of Willis showe d ruptured aneurysm in the basilar artery and its branches. The role o f iatrogenic factors in the pathogenesis of Asgergillus cerebral aneur ysms is highlighted.