Charcot-Bouchard aneurysm


mil·i·a·ry an·eu·rysm

dilation in the diameter of small arteries and arterioles secondary to lipohyalinosis from long-standing hypertension; associated with intracerebral hematomas. Synonym(s): Charcot-Bouchard aneurysm

Charcot-Bouchard aneurysm

(shăr-kō′) [Charcot; Charles Jacques Bouchard, Fr. physician, 1837–1886] A microaneurysm in a small artery of the brain thought, in the past, to be a cause of intracranial hemorrhage.