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How does a brain aneurysm differ from a stroke?
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Very different: A brain aneurysm is a ballooning of an artery. A stroke is when there is poor circulation to part of the brain. Aneurysm may not be symptomatic. Stroke usually has some neurologic damage.
Answered 3/7/2018
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A Future Stroke: An aneurysm is a ballooning of an artery with thinning of the wall. Such a ballooning is at high risk for leakage and rupture which, in the brain, will result in an intracranial bleed with a jet of blood causing actual damage to the brain (a stroke).
Answered 12/31/2016
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