Vertebral artery dissecting aneurysm treated by proximal occlusion and posterior inferior cerebellar artery reconstruction with fenestrated clips. Case report

Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo). 2010;50(8):655-8. doi: 10.2176/nmc.50.655.

Abstract

A 57-year-old man presented with subarachnoid hemorrhage caused by a dissecting aneurysm of the vertebral artery close to the origin of the posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA). The aneurysm was treated successfully with two fenestrated clips preserving the efferent artery with anterograde blood flow without PICA anastomosis. The postoperative course was uneventful. Postoperative angiography indicated disappearance of the aneurysm and anterograde blood flow of the PICA.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aneurysm, Ruptured / complications
  • Aneurysm, Ruptured / surgery*
  • Aortic Dissection / complications
  • Aortic Dissection / surgery*
  • Cerebral Revascularization / methods*
  • Equipment Design
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / complications
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / surgery*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Plastic Surgery Procedures / instrumentation
  • Plastic Surgery Procedures / methods
  • Posterior Cerebral Artery / surgery
  • Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / etiology
  • Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / surgery*
  • Surgical Instruments
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vascular Surgical Procedures / instrumentation
  • Vascular Surgical Procedures / methods
  • Vertebral Artery Dissection / complications
  • Vertebral Artery Dissection / surgery*