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254 consecutive cases of angiographically demonstrated intracranial cerebral aneurysms occuring over a three year period were reviewed with specific reference to aneurysm multiplicity, site, patient age and the presence of infundibular abnormalities. The overall incidence of multiple aneurysms was 44.9%. Female patients accounted for 66.5% of all aneurysm cases. The incidence of multiplicity was higher in women (51.5%) than men (31.7%) and overall was higher in patients over 40 years of age (52.8%) compared to those under this age (26.3%). Infundibula occured in 27.2% of all patients and 9.45% of all patients demonstrated infundibular dilatation of the origin of the posterior communicating artery.
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Wilson, F.M.A., Jaspan, T. & Holland, I.M. Multiple cerebral aneurysms — a reappraisal. Neuroradiology 31, 232–236 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00344349
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