Brain aneurysm

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• Because the risk of a small (less than 10 mm) aneurysm rupturing is low and surgery for a brain aneurysm is often risky, your health professional may want to continue to observe your condition rather than perform surgery.
• Diagnosis Brain AneurysmWhat is a brain aneurysm?A brain aneurysm is an abnormal widening of an artery or vein in the brain.
• Aneurysms may form in dif- ferent parts of the body but a brain aneurysm is located inside the head, in an artery that supplies the brain with blood.
• What are the symptoms?The most common symptom of a brain aneurysm is a severe headache.
• 1000 Mayo Clinic in Rochester Thursday, July 10, 2003 International Study Helps Patients and Their Doctors Know What to Do When an Unruptured Brain Aneurysm is Discovered VIDEO ALERT: Video sound bites from the subject expert will be fed on July 10.

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