Ruptured aneurysm of the posterior spinal artery of the conus medullaris.
A case of a posterior spinal artery aneurysm of the conus medullaris is presented. The patient presented with severe lower back pain with radiation into the right leg. Spinal angiography was consistent with a partially thrombosed arteriovenous malformation (AVM) or an aneurysm. At operation a partially thrombosed aneurysm of the posterior spinal artery was found at the level of conus medullaris, which, after review of the literature, is the first case treated with total microsurgical excision.
Department of Neurosurgery, Ankara University, School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Yusuf Sukru
YS
Caglar
Fuat
F
Torun
Glenn
G
Pait
Celal
C
Bagdatoglu
Tanzer
T
Sancak
D000368:Aged; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D000792:Angiography; D001158:Arteries / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D046649:Hematoma, Subdural, Spinal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D013346:Subarachnoid Space / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome