title: Successful treatment of a thrombosed posterior cerebral artery aneurysm causing obstructive hydrocephalus.
abstract: The authors report a 49-year-old man who presented with obstructive hydrocephalus caused by a thrombosed posterior cerebral artery aneurysm. He underwent an endoscopic third ventriculostomy for the obstructive hydrocephalus followed by endovascular occlusion for the aneurysm. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a thrombosed posterior cerebral artery aneurysm presenting with obstructive hydrocephalus treated by the combination of endoscopic and endovascular techniques.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Juntendo University, School of Medicine, Toyko, Japan. ohishi@med.juntendo.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hidenori
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Oishi
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Kanji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakai
authors.forename: Masakazu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miyajima
authors.forename: Hajime
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Arai
mesh_terms: D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014696:Ventriculostomy / Q000379:methods*