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Brain Aneurysm Learning Center

Causes could include:
Aneurysms in the brain occur when there is a weakened area in the wall of a blood vessel. An aneurysm may be present from birth (congenital) or it may develop later in life. (For example, after a blood vessel is injured.)
Source:ADAM
Date:April 13, 2009
Cerebral aneurysms can be caused by brain trauma, infection, hardening of the arteries ( atherosclerosis ), or abnormal rapid cell growth (neoplastic disease), but most seem to arise from a congenital, or developmental, defect. These congenital an...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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