Multiple intracranial aneurysms in polyarteritis nodosa: MRI and angiography
Articles > Article · 1999
Authors: İsmail ORAN, A MEMIS, Mustafa PARILDAR, Nilgün YUNTEN
NEURORADIOLOGY, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 1999, vol 41, pp 436-439
Summary
In polyarteritis nodosa involvement of the central nervous system is infrequent; small cerebral infarcts are the most common neuroradiological finding. We report a 10-year-old boy with polyarteritis nodosa and intracranial haemorrhage. MRI showed an intracerebral haemorrhage. Angiography revealed two peripheral aneurysms in the posterior cerebral circulation, previously reported on only two occasions, and multiple microaneurysms in the hepatic, renal, mesenteric and even the lumbar arteries.