Luteoma of pregnancy is a rare, benign condition characterized by a tumor-like mass of the ovary that emerges during pregnancy and regresses spontaneously after delivery. It is usually asymptomatic and the diagnosis is generally incidental. Luteoma arises from the proliferation of luteinised cell under the influence of β-hCG and can be hormonally active, with production of androgens resulting i...

Unruptured right sinus of Valsalva aneurysm that causes severe obstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract is extremely rare. We describe the case of a 47-year-old woman who presented with exertional dyspnea. Upon investigation, we discovered an unruptured right sinus of Valsalva aneurysm with associated right ventricular outflow tract obstruction and a supracristal ventricular septal de...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Unruptured intracranial aneurysms constitute a significant public health problem that has not been quantified. The purpose of this study is to document the magnitude of this problem in the United States. METHODS National Hospital Discharge Survey data from 1979, 1984, and 1989 served as the basis for calculating patient numbers and frequency distributions. Cost estimate...

There are 3 major asymptomatic cerebrovascular diseases that challenge the stroke clinician at the bedside. These are asymptomatic carotid disease, unruptured cerebral aneurysms and unruptured brain arteriovenous malformations (AVMs). In all 3 conditions, there are uncertainties about natural history, risks and benefits of intervention. While controversy remains, there have been 2 trials that h...

Unruptured posterior communicating artery (PCOM) aneurysms can be difficult to diagnose and, when large (≥ 7mm), represent a substantial risk to the patient. While most unruptured PCOM aneurysms are asymptomatic, when symptoms do occur, clinical manifestations typically include severe headache (HA), visual acuity loss, and cranial nerve deficit. This case report describes an atypical initial pr...

OBJECT Considerable evolution has occurred in treatment options for cerebral aneurysms. Development of endovascular techniques has produced a significant change in the treatment of ruptured and unruptured intracranial aneurysms. Adoption of endovascular techniques and increasing numbers of patients undergoing endovascular treatment may affect health care expenditures. Geographic assessment of g...

Objective Magnesium has been implicated in regulating blood pressure and vascular endothelial cell function, but its role the pathophysiology of intracranial aneurysm is not known. Here we performed a Mendelian randomization analysis to investigate association between serum magnesium concentration risk aneurysm. Methods Five single-nucleotide polymorphisms strongly associated with concentration...

A 42-year-old man presented with right hemiparesis. Brain imaging showed acute infarction in the left middle cerebral artery territory and a thrombosed aneurysm (figure). Extracranial carotid artery was normal. EKG and echocardiography were normal. Holter monitoring for 24 hours revealed no cardiac source of embolism. Cerebral infarction is a rare complication of unruptured aneurysm.1 The imagi...

An unruptured aneurysm of the left sinus of Valsalva was diagnosed by angiography in a 16-year-old male subject 19 years ago. A recent repeated angiographic study documented no change in the aneurysm over the 19-year interval, and the patient has remained asymptomatic. We are aware of no other long-term follow-up reports of patients with this lesion who have not had surgical correction. This ca...

An aneurysm is an abnormal formation of a blood vessel. Aneurysms are divided into 4 according to their shape (saccular, microaneurysm, giant, and fusiform). The caused by many factors (patient risk factors, hemodynamic stress, involvement cytokines inflammatory mediators as well macrophages, T cells, mast cells). diagnosis carried out with the help tools such MRA CT angiography. In providing m...