Extracranial vertebral artery aneurysm with neurofibromatosis. Endovascular treatment by detachable balloon.
An extracranial vertebral artery aneurysm in a patient with neurofibromatosis is described. The aneurysm was treated by endovascular balloon occlusion of the proximal vertebral artery. The details of the therapeutic management are discussed, and the vascular manifestations of neurofibromatosis are reviewed.
Negoro
M
M
Department of Neurosurgery, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Japan.
Nakaya
T
T
Terashima
K
K
Sugita
K
K
D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000150:complications*; D014711:Vertebral Artery