Aneurisma cerebral
Los aneurismas son protrusiones en forma de saco de las arterias, cuya causa
es la debilidad de un rea dentro de la pared del vaso sanguneo
en cuestin. Cuando se rompe un aneurisma cerebral, la sangre que
se escapa puede causar complicaciones neurolgicas graves o la muerte.
Las personas que sufren la ruptura de un aneurisma cerebral dicen experimentar
la repentina aparicin de "la peor jaqueca de (su) vida".
Revision
Last reviewed 8/30/2012 by David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M. Health Solutions, Ebix, Inc.
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