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B K Misra

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De novo saccular aneurysms.

The authors report two patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage in whom carotid arteriography revealed aneurysms that had developed at previously normal locations and from infundibula during the years since initial angiography. Neither of these patients had congenital anomalies of the cerebral circulation and, apart from smoking in excess of 30 cigarettes a day, there were no common clinical features. The role of congenital and environmental factors in the formation of aneurysms and the enlargement of infundibula are reviewed.

Adult↗

Heterotopic brain cyst from middle cranial fossa to submandibular region.

The case of a newborn boy with a congenital cystic neck mass causing respiratory distress is reported. This lesion extended from the submandibular region through a bone defect to the middle cranial fossa but remained totally extradural. There was no underlying brain abnormality. The cyst was composed mainly of mature neuroglial tissue, with some ependymal and choroid plexus elements, and was diagnosed as heterotopic brain. After 8 years' follow-up, the child still has no deficits.

Brain↗

Tension pneumocephalus following nasal polypectomy.

Subdural tension pneumocephalus in a 80-year-old man following nasal polypectomy, presenting clinically with progressive weakness of both legs, is reported and the pathogenesis is discussed. The diagnosis of tension pneumocephalus and the options of management are considered.

Aged↗

Haematemesis from distal extracranial carotid aneurysms. Case report and literature review.

A 5-year-old white boy presented with life-threatening haematemesis from spontaneous rupture of an aneurysm of the high cervical internal carotid artery (ICA). The haemorrhage was controlled by emergency trap ligation of the distal ICA in the neck. The child made an excellent recovery and 7 years later has no neurologic deficit other than an Horner's syndrome. The diagnosis of an extracranial carotid artery aneurysm without a pulsatile lump may be very deceptive.

Aneurysm↗