Antegrade Recanalization of Parent Artery after Internal Trapping of Ruptured Vertebral Artery Dissecting Aneurysm.
10.3340/jkns.2012.51.5.301
- Author:
Yon Kwon IHN
1
;
Jae Hoon SUNG
;
Je Hoon BYUN
Author Information
1. Department of Radiology, St.Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Suwon, Korea. ihn@catholic.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Dissecting aneurysm;
Recanalization;
Vertebral artery
- MeSH:
Adult;
Aneurysm;
Aneurysm, Dissecting;
Angiography;
Arteries;
Follow-Up Studies;
Humans;
Parents;
Vertebral Artery
- From:Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
2012;51(5):301-304
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
We report a patient with a ruptured vertebral artery (VA) dissecting aneurysm that was treated by internal trapping of the aneurysm and parent artery using detachable coils with subsequent antegrade recanalization of occluded vertebral artery during the follow-up period. A 38-year-old man was admitted with a ruptured right VA dissecting aneurysm just distal to origin of right posterior inferior cerebellar artery. The dissected segment of the VA was occluded by coil embolization. The 14 months follow-up angiography showed that dissected aneurysm was completely occluded, but the parent artery was recanalized in an antegrade fashion. Based on this unique case, the authors suggest that careful angiographic follow-up of dissecting aneurysm is required, even in patients successfully treated with endovascular occlusion of the affected artery and aneurysm.
