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A spontaneously dissecting aneurysm of the right middle and anterior cerebral arteries is reported in a 23-year old woman. The angiographic and pathological findings are demonstrated and discussed. The postmortem examination showed a congenital weakness of vessel walls.
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Steiner, H., Lammer, J., Kleinert, R. et al. Dissecting aneurysm of cerebral arteries in congenital vascular deficiency. Neuroradiology 28, 331–334 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00333439
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00333439