BACKGROUND The dissecting posterior cerebral artery (PCA) aneurysms are very rare. These aneurysms pose significant treatment challenge and need careful evaluation to formulate an optimal treatment plan in case of ruptured or un-ruptured presentations. METHODS Retrospective review of a prospectively collected data. RESULTS Seven patients with dissecting aneurysms of the PCA were identified....

Dissecting aneurysm is the cause of about ona in a hundred of sudden deaths and about one in four hundred of all hospital deaths. Men are affected much more commonly than women in a proportion of between two and three to one, except in extreme old age when the sex difference is less, partly because there are more old women than old men. Dissecting aneurysm can occur at any age. The heaviest inc...

A case of fulminant dissecting cellulitis of the scalp in a fifteen-year-old African American male is reported. The presentation was refractory to standard medical treatment such that treatment required radical subgaleal excision of the entire hair-bearing scalp. Reconstruction was in the form of split-thickness skin grafting at the level of the pericranium following several days of vacuum-assi...

Up to 1934 only six of the 300 cases of dissecting aneurysm of the aorta described in the literature had been diagnosed ante mortem (Shennan, 1934). Many correctly diagnosed cases have since been reported (with decreasing pride) and the condition is now well enough recognized in general medical practice for cases to be reported only when they present some unusual or particularly instructive fea...

Most dissecting aneurysms of the aorta are spontaneous, and have as their underlying pathology a degeneration of the media. Strain, physical and mental, has been suggested as a factor which precipitates their onset, but external trauma is usually exonerated. Shennan (1934) traced only six cases due to trauma, and he formed the opinion that there was rarely a clear relationship between these ane...

We describe 3 cases with dissecting aneurysm of middle cerebral artery suffered from subarachnoid hemorrhage. Two cases were male and the other was female. All patients presented with headache and/or deterioration of consciousness without any symptom of cerebral ischemia. Angiography disclosed aneurysmal dilatation of M2 or M3 segment of middle cerebral artery with no branching, and in 1 case, ...

BACKGROUND Internal trapping in which the dissecting aneurysm is occluded represents reliable treatment to prevent rebleeding of ruptured vertebral artery (VA) dissecting aneurysms. Various methods of internal trapping are available, but which is most appropriate for preventing both recanalization of the VA and procedural complications is unclear. CASE DESCRIPTION A 61-year-old male presented...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Surgical treatment of VA-PICA dissecting aneurysms is difficult and complication of LCNP is common. These lesions can be approached easily with endovascular technique, but complete obliteration can only be achieved in a small number of cases. Our aim was to report the clinical outcomes of VA-PICA dissecting aneurysms treated by endovascular embolization. MATERIALS AND M...

Up to 1934 only six of the 300 cases of dissecting aneurysm of the aorta described in the literature had been diagnosed ante mortem (Shennan, 1934). Many correctly diagnosed cases have since been reported (with decreasing pride) and the condition is now well enough recognized in general medical practice for cases to be reported only when they present some unusual or particularly instructive fea...

W ITH the development of successful surgical treatment of dissecting aortic aneurysm," 2 accurate diagnosis of this condition has become increasingly important. Pain in the torso, usually in the chest or back, is considered to be a classical feature of dissecting aneurysm of the aorta, but reliance on the presence of pain may result in unnecessary delay in diagnosis and treatment. Without treat...