title: Spontaneous healing of basilar artery dissection: MR findings.
abstract: We report a case of a dissecting basilar artery aneurysm, which presented with subarachnoid hemorrhage in a 34-year-old woman. Although the natural history has been described as severe with mortality approaching 80%, this patient did well and spontaneous healing was demonstrated on MR and angiography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, St. Francis Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15201.
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Ross
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ferraro
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: DeRiggi
authors.forename: L N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Scotti
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D000792:Angiography; D001488:Basilar Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D014945:Wound Healing