Delayed presentation of post-traumatic aneurysm of the posterior inferior cerebellar artery in a patient with spinal cord injury.
METHODS
A case report.


OBJECTIVE
To present and discuss the case of a patient with serious head and spinal injuries who suffered delayed haemorrhage from a post-traumatic aneurysm of the right posterior inferior cerebellar artery following surgical treatment of vertebral fracture and hydrocephalus.


METHODS
National Spinal Injuries Unit and Institute of Neurological Sciences, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.


METHODS
Clinical and radiological follow-up of the patient.


RESULTS
The aneurysm was treated by coil occlusion of the right vertebral artery. Post-operative films showed that the aneurysm had been successfully obliterated.


CONCLUSIONS
Post-traumatic cerebral aneurysms are very rare. Neurosurgical and rehabilitation teams need to be aware of this late treatable sequela of head injury.
Hossain
M
M
Queen Elizabeth National Spinal Injuries Unit, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow G51 4TF, UK.
Brown
J
J
McLean
A N
AN
Fraser
M H
MH
D000293:Adolescent; D001158:Arteries / Q000503:physiopathology; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000098:blood supply*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000150:complications; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries*