title: Isolated posterior spinal artery aneurysm.
abstract: Isolated aneurysms of the posterior spinal artery (not associated with arteriovenous malformations) are exceptionally rare. Three cases have been reported in the literature to date. We report a case of an isolated posterior spinal artery aneurysm causing acute subarachnoidal haemorrhage. Spinal artery aneurysms are contrasted with the more common intracranial aneurysms in terms of presentation and pathogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Inonu University Faculty of Medicine, Malatya, Turkey. akocak@inonu.edu.tr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Koçak
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ateş
authors.forename: S Rüştü
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Cayli
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saraç
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications*; D001158:Arteries; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D020758:Spinal Cord Vascular Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D013131:Spine / Q000098:blood supply*; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed