Dissecting aneurysms of the basilar artery in 2 patients

Stroke. 1979 May-Jun;10(3):294-9. doi: 10.1161/01.str.10.3.294.

Abstract

An uncommon consequence of intracranial vascular disease is the intramural dissection of blood or "dissecting aneurysm". A 69-year-old man with chronic subarachnoid hemorrhage from a posterior fossa mass lesion and a 30-year-old man with migraine and a brain stem stroke illustrate the diverse etiologic, clinical, radiographic, and pathologic characteristics of this unusual lesion.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aortic Dissection / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Dissection / pathology*
  • Basilar Artery / diagnostic imaging
  • Basilar Artery / pathology
  • Brain / pathology
  • Brain Stem / blood supply
  • Cerebral Angiography
  • Cerebral Infarction / pathology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / pathology*
  • Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / pathology
  • Male
  • Spinal Cord / pathology
  • Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / pathology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed