Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the clinical profile of patients diagnosed with intracranial aneurysm seen at the Baixo Amazonas Regional Hospital from January 2015 to December 2016. Methods: cross-sectional, quantitative, descriptive and documentary research. The medical records of 27 patients were analyzed, from which information on gender, age, signs and symptoms, risk factors for intracranial aneurysm, location, complications of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and postoperative data were obtained. Results: Most patients with cerebral aneurysm rupture were female and were between 41 and 60 years old; headache was the most frequent initial clinical complaint; SAH was the most common comorbidity; most aneurysms were located in the posterior communicating artery; the most common complication after SAH was hydrocephalus and the most frequent postoperative complication was the formation of cerebrospinal fluid fistula. Conclusion: Women are more affected with aneurysms and these can cause several serious complications, even death.