Case report: saccular aneurysm of the intraorbital ophthalmic artery.
A saccular aneurysm of the intraorbital portion of the ophthalmic artery is extremely rare. We report this entity in a 54-year-old man who also had a dural arteriovenous malformation (AVM) at the base of the anterior cranial fossa. The aneurysmal formation at this unusual site may be explained by a haemodynamic stress that derived from the presence of the dural AVM.
Kikuchi
K
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Neurosurgical Service, Akita University Hospital, Japan.
Kowada
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M
D000783:Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009880:Ophthalmic Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009915:Orbit; D011859:Radiography