Symptomatic vertebral artery (VA) stenosis associated with bilateral carotid rete mirabile (CRM) has not been reported. We report the long-term clinical and angiographic outcome after stenting for symptomatic VA stenosis in the patient with bilateral CRM. This report is the first case that symptomatic VA stenosis associated with bilateral CRM was treated with stenting.
Adult ; Angioplasty, Balloon ; Carotid Arteries/pathology/*radiography/*surgery ; Cerebral Angiography ; Female ; Humans ; *Stents ; Syncope/etiology ; Treatment Outcome ; Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency/*radiography/*surgery ; Young Adult

Hypothermia and cardiopulmonary bypass has rarely been used for difficult lesions of the brain such as giant aneurysms and hemangioblastoma of the brainstem. We report a case of huge recurrent angioblastic meningioma operated under the profound hypothermia and cardiopulmonary bypass. We reviewed the complications related to hypothermia and cardiopulmonary bypass for brain lesions.
Adult ; Brain Neoplasms/*surgery ; Cardiopulmonary Bypass/*methods ; Carotid Arteries/pathology ; Carotid Artery Diseases/therapy ; Case Report ; Cerebral Angiography ; Embolization, Therapeutic ; Fatal Outcome ; Female ; Human ; Hypothermia, Induced/*methods ; Lung/pathology/radiography ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Meningioma/*surgery ; Neoplasms, Second Primary/*surgery ; Recurrence