A weak spot inside the blood vessel wall in the brain results in a brain aneurysm. This can form a bulge or ballooning inside the blood vessel when the blood fills in the weak spot. It is also known as subarachnoid hemorrhage. It can rupture and result in life-threatening bleeding. Treatment for an unruptured aneurysm includes medications to reduce blood pressure and procedures to prevent rupture.
Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. A headache with sudden onset and the worst headache of one's life needs evaluation. Since your magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain is normal, it is reassuring.
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Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I understand your concern and would explain that this is a small aneurysm, probably since birth.
Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Computed tomography (CT) angiography has sensitivities of 77% to 97% and specificities of 87% to 100% for picking up an aneurysm.
Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. This is a very rare anomaly. Dilatation of the entire vein is more common. Theoretically, there is a risk of rupture.
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Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I understand your concern. First and foremost, I would like to understand why an MRA with TOF (time-of-flight magnetic resonance angiography) was chosen.
Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Brain aneurysm can be a different entity or due to the metastasis of lung cancer to the brain.
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Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Your symptoms could be due to ocular migraine, brain lesion, vasculitis, hypertension and stress. I would suggest you to consult a neurologist and have yourself examined.
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