Case Report
Charcot-Bouchard Aneurysm Diagnosed with CTA and MRA
Authors:
- Sanaa JamaliEmail Sanaa Jamali
- José Géraldo Ribeiro Vaz
- Guido Wilms
Abstract
Hemorrhage in the basal ganglia resulting to lenticulostriate artery aneurysm rupture is extremely rare. This distal micro-aneurysm of the perforating lenticulostriate arteries is called Charcot-Bouchard aneurysm. We wish to report a case of an hematoma in the basal ganglia due to a Charcot-Bouchard aneurysm demonstrated by Computed Tomography Angiograpy (CTA) and Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA) and confirmed by selective catheter angiography.
Teaching Point: Charcot-Bouchard aneurysm is a very rare distal micro-aneurysm of the perforating lenticulostriate arteries. Young patients who experience basal ganglia hemorrhage should have contrast-enhanced CT, especially if they don’t have arterial hypertension and if subarachnoid hemorrhage is associated.
- Year: 2021
- Volume: 105 Issue: 1
- Page/Article: 13
- DOI: 10.5334/jbsr.1934
- Submitted on 2 Sep 2019
- Accepted on 5 Jan 2020
- Published on 12 Mar 2021