Case Reports
Rupture of a Giant Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery Aneurysm in an Infant Following a Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt
—Case Report—
2001 Volume 41 Issue 3 Pages 127-130
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2001 Volume 41 Issue 3 Pages 127-130
A 4-month-old female child presented with a huge posterior fossa mass lesion and severe hydrocephalus. Six hours after a ventriculoperitoneal shunt procedure, her condition worsened and she died. Autopsy showed extensive intracranial hemorrhage due to rupture of a posterior inferior cerebellar artery aneurysm. The probable causes of the rupture of the aneurysm were mechanical effects or changes in cerebral blood flow.
