Open AccessIntracranial hemorrhage from giant aneurysm in pregnancy: A rare association
Author(s) -
Meenal Mehrotra,
Anant Mehrotra,
Anup Nair,
Arun Kumar Srivastava,
Rabi Narayan Sahu,
Mandakini Pradhan,
Raj Kumar
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
asian journal of neurosurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2248-9614
DOI - 10.4103/1793-5482.145553
Subject(s) - medicine , aneurysm , subarachnoid hemorrhage , vomiting , headaches , internal carotid artery , pregnancy , digital subtraction angiography , surgery , angiography , cerebral angiography , radiology , genetics , biology
We report a case of giant aneurysm causing subarachnoid hemorrhage in a pregnant female. A 25-year-old female presented with sudden onset of severe headache and vomiting with altered sensorium and right hemiplegia. On investigation, she had a giant supraclinoid segment internal carotid artery (ICA) aneurysm. She was planned for digital substraction angiography, but during the procedure she deteriorated neurologically and went into spontaneous labor. The baby was a male child with weight of 1.1 kg. She was taken up for surgery and aneurysm was clipped. We discuss the rare occurrence of intracranial hemorrhage in pregnancy due to a giant ICA aneurysm.