title: Basilar artery aneurysm treated with coil embolization via persistent primitive trigeminal artery.
abstract: A saccular aneurysm of the right basilar-superior cerebellar artery associated with a persistent primitive trigeminal artery (PPTA) was successfully treated by endovascular occlusion with Guglielmi detachable coils. Since both vertebral arteries and the basilar artery proximal to the junction with the PPTA were hypoplastic, a microcatheter was advanced via the PPTA. To our knowledge, this is the first case report describing the treatment of the aneurysm through the PPTA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Miyakonojo Medical Association Hospital, 5822-3 Oiwada, Miyakonojo, Miyazaki 885-0062, Japan. iku-i@fk.enjoy.np.jp
authors.forename: Ichiro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ikushima
authors.forename: Syoji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arikawa
authors.forename: Yukunori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Korogi
authors.forename: Hisao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Uehara
authors.forename: Yasuyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Komohara
authors.forename: Mutsumasa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takahashi
mesh_terms: D001488:Basilar Artery; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography