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View larger version (460K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 1. Intracranial aneurysms often have catastrophic effects but are rarely seen at the moment of rupture. A 35-year-old woman with no previous neurologic history presented with severe headache and photophobia, with no localizing neurologic findings. Computed tomography of the brain without contrast medium revealed diffuse subarachnoid bleeding. Cerebral angiography was performed. Injection of the left vertebral artery revealed an aneurysm at the junction of this artery and the posterior inferior cerebellar artery (Panel A). Unfortunately, the aneurysm ruptured during arteriography (Panels B and C). The patient's condition deteriorated rapidly and could not be stabilized, and she died a . . . [Full Text of this Article]

 

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