Ruptured saccular aneurysm associated with duplication of the vertebral artery.
A case of a ruptured aneurysm arising from a duplicated segment of the intracranial portion of the vertebral artery is reported. This particular association, which can be explained by the embryological development of the vertebral artery, has not been described previously.
Antunes
J L
JL
Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisbon, Portugal.
Valença
A
A
Ferro
J M
JM
Campos
J
J
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000196:embryology