Ruptured anterior spinal artery aneurysm: a case report

Jeffrey M Pollock; Alexander K Powers; E Andrew Stevens; Amit N Sanghvi; John A Wilson; Pearse P Morris

doi:10.1111/j.1552-6569.2008.00287.x

Ruptured anterior spinal artery aneurysm: a case report

J Neuroimaging. 2009 Jul;19(3):277-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2008.00287.x. Epub 2008 Aug 4.

Authors

Jeffrey M Pollock¹, Alexander K Powers, E Andrew Stevens, Amit N Sanghvi, John A Wilson, Pearse P Morris

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA. effmpollock@gmail.com

PMID: 18681926
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2008.00287.x

Abstract

We present a case of a subarachnoid hemorrhage and vasospasm secondary to a ruptured anterior spinal artery aneurysm associated with a Chiari 1 malformation. To our knowledge this is the first reported spinal artery aneurysm with this association.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aneurysm, Ruptured / complications*
Aneurysm, Ruptured / diagnostic imaging
Aneurysm, Ruptured / pathology
Arnold-Chiari Malformation / complications*
Arnold-Chiari Malformation / diagnostic imaging
Arnold-Chiari Malformation / pathology
Brain / blood supply
Brain / diagnostic imaging
Brain / pathology
Cerebral Angiography
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Middle Aged
Spinal Cord / blood supply
Spinal Cord / diagnostic imaging
Spinal Cord / pathology
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / diagnostic imaging
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / etiology*
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / pathology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Vasospasm, Intracranial / diagnostic imaging
Vasospasm, Intracranial / etiology*
Vasospasm, Intracranial / pathology