Cerebral aneurysm screening

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] ;Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Anika Zahoor M.D.[2]

Two important risk factors must be considered while screening Cerebral Aneurysm.

Two important risk factors in which cerebral aneurysm screening is recommended includes:

1.   Positive family history as two or more first-degree relatives with subarachnoid hemorrhages.

2.   Polycystic kidney disease.

People who have these risk factors consider a potential candidate for screening.

1. Rinkel GJ. Intracranial aneurysm screening: indications and advice for practice. The Lancet Neurology. 2005 Feb 1; 4(2):122-8.