Intracranial aneurysm in a child with Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome: case report

Surg Neurol. 1991 Oct;36(4):303-6. doi: 10.1016/0090-3019(91)90093-o.

Abstract

The authors report a case of cerebral aneurysm in an 8-year-old boy with Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome. This syndrome is a type of neurocutaneous disorder characterized by skin hemangiomas and hypertrophy of soft tissues and/or osseous structures in the involved region. Spinal hemangioma is occasionally found in this syndrome and may cause spinal subarachnoid hemorrhage. To our knowledge, however, no case of cerebral aneurysm in a child with this syndrome has been reported previously in the literature.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / complications*
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / diagnosis
  • Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber Syndrome / complications*
  • Male
  • Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / diagnosis
  • Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / etiology*