[Diagnosing intracranial aneurysms in children can be difficult].

Intracranial aneurysms are rare in the paediatric population. They are distinct from classical adult aneurysms in having several special features. There is an overall male predominance and the dissecting aneurysms are the most frequent, followed by the saccular, the infectious and the post traumatic aneurysms. We present a case story of a 14-year-old Danish boy with an intracranial, giant, basilar artery aneurysm in. The autopsy was performed at the Forensic Department of Medicine in Copenhagen, Denmark. Prior to the autopsy, a routine computed tomography was performed, followed by a supplementary MRI scan.