Giant Intracranial Aneurysms Simulating Brain Neoplasms on Computed Tomography
- 1 July 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography
- Vol. 2 (3) , 303-307
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00004728-197807000-00012
Abstract
Giant intracranial aneurysms (GIA) may simulate brain neoplasms on computed tomography (CT) scans. We present three cases in which a GIA was mistakenly diagnosed as a brain neoplasm on the basis of CT findings. The correct diagnosis was made in each case by cerebral angiography. The possibility of GIA must be considered when a nonenhanced CT study shows a well circumscribed mass without edema at the base of the brain and contrast infusion reveals homogeneous or inhomogeneous enhancement.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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