Endovascular therapy for massive haemothorax caused by ruptured extracranial vertebral artery aneurysm with neurofibromatosis Type 1.
Extracranial vertebral artery aneurysm is uncommon, and the common cause is penetrating trauma. Rupture of extracranial vertebral artery aneurysm into the thoracic cavity is extremely rare and fatal due to haemorrhagic shock by massive haemothorax. We report an intrathoracic rupture of the extracranial vertebral artery aneurysm with neurofibromatosis Type 1, successfully treated by coil and liquid embolisation.
Hieda
M
M
Department of Radiology, Division of Medical Intelligence and Informatics, Programs for Applied Biomedicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Science, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
Toyota
N
N
Kakizawa
H
H
Hirai
N
N
Tachikake
T
T
Yahiro
Y
Y
Iwasaki
Y
Y
Horiguchi
J
J
Ito
K
K
D000328:Adult; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000150:complications*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging