Rapid growth of an infectious intracranial aneurysm with catastrophic intracranial hemorrhage

Abstract

Infectious intracranial aneurysms are rare vascular lesions that classically occur in patients with infective endocarditis. We present a 49-year-old man with altered mental status and headache with rapid growth and rupture of an infectious intracranial aneurysm with catastrophic intracranial hemorrhage, and review issues related to open neurosurgical and endovascular interventions.

Keywords: Endovascular neurosurgery; Infectious intracranial aneurysm; Mycotic aneurysm; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Vascular neurosurgery.