Multiple intracranial aneurysms in polyarteritis nodosa: MRI and angiography

Authors
Oran, I Memis, A Parildar, M Yunten, N
Citation
I. Oran et al., Multiple intracranial aneurysms in polyarteritis nodosa: MRI and angiography, NEURORADIOL, 41(6), 1999, pp. 436-439
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Neurology,"Neurosciences & Behavoir
Journal title
NEURORADIOLOGY
ISSN journal
00283940 → ACNP
Volume
41
Issue
6
Year of publication
1999
Pages
436 - 439
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3940(199906)41:6<436:MIAIPN>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
In polyarteritis nodosa involvement of the central nervous system is infreq uent; small cerebral infarcts are the most common neuroradiological finding . We report a 10-year-old boy with polyarteritis nodosa and intracranial ha emorrhage. MRI showed an intracerebral haemorrhage. Angiography revealed tw o peripheral aneurysms in the posterior cerebral circulation, previously re ported on only two occasions, and multiple microaneurysms in the hepatic, r enal, mesenteric and even the lumbar arteries.