Ring enhanced aneurysm due to vasa vasorum of aneurysm wall mimicking a metastatic brain tumor

CONCLUSION: This is the rare report of a ring enhanced completely thrombosed aneurysm due to vasa vasorum which is misdiagnosed as metastatic brain tumor. In case of an intracranial ring enhanced mass with signs of intralesional hemorrhage and peripheral edema, CTIA should be considered as a possible differential diagnosis.PMID:33654567 | PMC:PMC7911137 | DOI:10.25259/SNI_582_2020

Source: Surgical Neurology International - March 3, 2021 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Yu Shimizu Katsuyoshi Miyashita Nozomu Oikawa Masaaki Kobayashi Yasuo Tohma Source Type: research