title: Giant basilar artery aneurysm associated with moya-moya disease. Case report and review of the literature.
abstract: The case of a 32-year-old man with a giant, partially thrombosed, basilar artery aneurysm associated with moya-moya disease is described. The patient exhibited symptoms due to compression of the aneurysm on the right cerebral peduncle. He was discharged after conservative treatment for 10 days. Pathogenesis and management of this rare case are discussed in the light of data reported from the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Naples, Federico II, School of Medicine.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bucciero
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Carangelo
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vizioli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001488:Basilar Artery; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D009072:Moyamoya Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014715:Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy