Posterior inferior cerebellar artery aneurysm in the fourth ventricle: acute surgical treatment.
A case of an aneurysm of the posterior inferior cerebellar artery lying in the fourth ventricle is reported. The patient was surgically treated within a few hours after the onset of the subarachnoid hemorrhage by a microsurgical technique using direct exclusion of the aneurysm by a clip. The patient recovered completely following the operation.
D000328:Adult; D001158:Arteries; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000098:blood supply*; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery; D011859:Radiography; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery