Persistent intracranial hyper-inflammation in ruptured cerebral aneurysm after COVID-19: case report and review of the literature.

SAH is a severe complication of COVID-19 in children and adults who have asymptomatic cerebrovascular aneurysms. The markedly high levels of cytokines detected in the cerebrospinal fluid suggested that intracranial hyperinflammatory condition might be one of the possible mechanisms involved in the rupture of a preexisting cerebrovascular aneurysms.