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Cerebrovascular Diseases in Children pp 123–131Cite as

Intracranial Aneurysms in Children

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The discovery of an intracranial aneurysm in children is a rare occurrence. The incidence of aneurysms in the pediatric population varies from 0.5% for Patel and Richardson1 to 3.1% for Ostergaard and Voldby2 (Table 10.1)1–6 Matson,7 in 1964, presented the first series of 15 cases of pediatric aneurysms. Following this only a few series were published. They are summarized in Table 10.2.1,2,4–28 Recently, we have collected 448 cases from the literature, including 21 cases observed in the Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery in Marseilles. In this material, 316 cases are presumably of multifactorial origin, 32 are traumatic, and 48 are of mycotic origin. We studied (separately) 52 giant aneurysms, which raise different surgical problems.

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  1. Northwestern University Medical Schoool, Chigago, Illinois, USA

    Anthony J. Raimondi M.D. (Professor of Surgery (Neaurosurgery) (Professor of Surgery (Neaurosurgery)

  2. Hôpital des Enfantes de la Timone, Rue Sainte Pierre, 13005, Marseille, France

    Maurice Choux M.D.

  3. Instituto di Neuochirurgia, Università Cattolica del Sacre Cuore, Largo Gemelli 8, 00168, Rome, Italy

    Concezio Di Rocco M.D.

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Choux, M., Lena, G., Genitori, L. (1992). Intracranial Aneurysms in Children. In: Raimondi, A.J., Choux, M., Di Rocco, C. (eds) Cerebrovascular Diseases in Children. Principles of Pediatric Neurosurgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2800-4_10

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