title: Diagnosis and endovascular treatment of midbasilar dissecting aneurysm.
abstract: The authors present the case of a patient with a midbasilar dissecting aneurysm successfully treated by staged bilateral endovascular occlusion of the vertebral artery. The clinical and the radiological features are presented with references to the literature, and the choice of endovascular rather than neurosurgical treatment is discussed in light to our previously reported experience about the treatment of unclippable vertebrobasilar aneurysms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroradiology and Neurosurgery, Centre Hospitalier Notre-Dame et Reine Fabiola, Charleroi, Belgium.
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Boulanger
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aymand
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Urbain
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Merland
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Labasse
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D001488:Basilar Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged