COARCTATION OF THE ABDOMINAL AORTA WITH ANEURYSM OF MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY

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(1) Coarctation of the abdominal aorta is rare, the incidence being 2 per cent of all aortic coarctations.

(2) The patient reported is only the second case associated with intracranial aneurysms.

(3) Symptoms most often are those of systemic hypertension and/or intermittent claudication.

(4) Angiography defines the extent of the coarctation and any collateral circulation.

(5) Most specimens are histopathologically normal.

(6) Surgical by-pass of the lesion often cures the hypertension.

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