A 58-year-old man in Hanoi had a dull headache for 2 weeks and took medicine but it did not go away. He went to the hospital for a check-up. A CT scan revealed a brain aneurysm with a high risk of rupture. He was admitted to the hospital to wait for intervention to plug the aneurysm with a metal spring. The treatment went well and the patient was discharged after 24 hours and returned to normal life.
Doctors are intervening in a case of cerebral aneurysm. (Photo: BSCC)
According to Dr. Luong Tuan Anh, Department of Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Intervention, 108 Central Military Hospital, cerebral aneurysm is a phenomenon in which a blood vessel in the brain has a larger diameter than normal, occurring when the blood vessel is weak and bulges under the pressure of blood flow.
If not detected and treated, the aneurysm will gradually increase in size, rupture, causing subarachnoid hemorrhage (a type of brain hemorrhage). There are many causes and risk factors for cerebral aneurysms such as congenital, smoking, obesity, but the most notable is due to high blood pressure.
Symptoms of cerebral aneurysm are often unclear and progress silently until the aneurysm ruptures, the patient suddenly has severe headaches, vomiting and nausea. Therefore, patients need to be screened for early detection when there are signs of suspected cerebral aneurysm such as spontaneous headaches, dull headaches lasting for many days, headaches more severe than previous headaches or headaches that do not respond well to conventional medications.
There are two methods of treating cerebral aneurysms, surgical clipping and endovascular intervention. Surgery requires opening the skull and is not always possible, while endovascular intervention can treat most cases and is currently the choice for most patients, if there are no financial constraints.
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