A Ruptured Aneurysm in a Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Case Report.
- Author:
Jong Tae PARK
1
;
Sung Don KANG
Author Information
1. Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Systemic lupus erythematosus;
Aneurysm;
Vasculitis
- MeSH:
Adult;
Aneurysm;
Aneurysm, Ruptured*;
Basilar Artery;
Cerebral Arteries;
Dilatation;
Female;
Humans;
Intracranial Aneurysm;
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic*;
Vasculitis
- From:Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
2002;32(1):77-80
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A case of ruptured aneurysm in the cerebral artery in a patient with established systemic lupus erythematosus is presented. A 28-year-old woman with a 1-year history of systemic lupus erythematosus was found to have a ruptured saccular cerebral aneurysm at the bifurcation of the left MCA with a fusiform dilatation at the top of the basilar artery. The ruptured aneurysm was treated surgically. Cerebral aneurysms associated with systemic lupus erythematosus are reviewed in the literature and the pathogenesis of these aneurysms is discussed.
