Rapidly growing basilar dissecting aneurysm

Postpartum dissecting aneurysm of the basilar artery.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Dissecting aneurysms arising from the vertebrobasilar complex are rare and difficult to manage. More of their natural history needs to be known before treatment can be optimized. CASE DESCRIPTION We report a postpartum dissecting aneurysm of the right vertebrobasilar artery in a 31-year-old woman that was confirmed by angiographic identification of a double lumen. The i...

Dissecting basilar artery aneurysm in Marfan syndrome: case report.

A 35-year-old man with Marfan syndrome presented to the emergency room with a severe occipital headache of several hours duration . The headache differed from his usual migraine headaches both in quality and in unresponsiveness to Cafergot. The patient's medical history included repair of an ascending aortic aneurysm and replacement of a bicuspid aortic valve 2112 years previously. The patient ...

Endovascular treatment of a basilar artery dissecting aneurysm.

Basilar artery (BA) dissecting aneurysms pose difficulties to treatment because both bleeding and thrombosis can happen in the same patient, clinical course is unpredictable and high morbidity is usual. We report the case of a 37-year-old woman with a BA aneurysm probably caused by arterial dissection, presenting embolic and hemorrhagic complications. The aneurysm was submitted to endovascular ...

Healed dissecting aneurysm.

Pathogenesis of Dissecting Aneurysm.