GIANT SURPRISE!: A GIANT INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM MIMICKING A MENINGIOMA ON CT
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Giant Intracranial Aneurysm, Meningioma, Computed TomographyAbstract
An adult male presented with symptoms and signs of an intracranial space occupying lesion(SOL). Computed tomography performed revealed an enhancing left parasellar mass which led to the provisional diagnosis of meningioma. However, as a giant aneurysm was considered in the list of differential diagnosis, a 4 vessel cerebral angiogram was done. This revealed a 7cm. giant aneurysm of the left internal carotid artery, and thus illustrates the importance of angiography in the evaluation of enhancing parasellar masses.
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