Fenestration of the supraclinoid internal carotid artery with rupture of associated aneurysm.

Abstract

tient, fully alert and oriented. Motor and sensory examinations, cranial nerve function , and funduscopic examination were normal. A computed tomographic (CT) scan was interpreted as normal, and a diagnosis of viral meningitis was entertained. Lumbar puncture yielded bright red spinal fluid , and the diagnosis was changed to subarachnoid hemorrhage. Over the next 2 weeks the patient remained stable with no impairment of consciousness . Occasional left face and hand numbness,