Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Piantino, Juan A., MD
• Goldenberg, Fernando D., MD
• Pytel, Peter, MD
• Wagner-Weiner, Linda, MD
• Ansari, Sameer A., MD, PhD

Titel

Progressive Intracranial Fusiform Aneurysms and T-Cell Immunodeficiency

Ist Teil von

• Pediatric neurology, 2013-02, Vol.48 (2), p.130-134

Ort / Verlag

United States: Elsevier Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2013

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Abstract In the pediatric population, intracranial fusiform aneurysms have been associated with human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and rarely with opportunistic infections related to other immunodeficiencies. The HIV virus and other infectious organisms have been implicated in the pathophysiology of these aneurysms. We present a child with T-cell immunodeficiency but no evidence of human immunodeficiency virus or opportunistic intracranial infections that developed progressive bilateral fusiform intracranial aneurysms. Our findings suggest a role of immunodeficiency or inflammation in the formation of some intracranial aneurysms.