Association of a malignant glioma and an aneurysm of the middle cerebral artery. Report of a case.

A case of association of a malignant glioma of the left frontal lobe and an aneurysm of the middle cerebral artery is reported and the available literature reviewed. The operative mortality of patients with the association of a brain tumor and a cerebral aneurysm is very high (40%). This is the third case reported in the literature in which it was possible to remove the tumor and clip the aneurysm with immediate good surgical results and it is the first case in which the technique of late surgery for malignant glioma was adopted.