title: Endovascular treatment of a vertebral artery pseudoaneurysm in a drug user.
abstract: A 26-year-old drug abuser who presented with sepsis was found to have a pseudoaneurysm in the left vertebral artery. This aneurysm was presumed to be post-traumatic, since the patient reported multiple attempts to inject drugs in the left jugular vein 15 days prior to admission. The pseudoaneurysm was treated effectively with stent-graft placement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Areteion Hospital, University of Athens, Vas Sofias 76, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mourikis
authors.forename: Achilleas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chatziioannou
authors.forename: Ortansia
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Doriforou
authors.forename: Vasilios
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Skiadas
authors.forename: Vasilios
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Koutoulidis
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Katsenis
authors.forename: Lampros
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vlahos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015607:Stents; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000150:complications; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014711:Vertebral Artery