Endovascular stent-graft treatment of a traumatic vertebral artery pseudoaneurysm and vertebrojugular fistula.
An endovascular intervention is a feasible alternative to the technically challenging conventional surgery for the treatment of traumatic vertebral arterial lesions. This report describes a rare case involving a 22-year-old patient with a traumatic vertebral arterial pseudoaneurysm and multiple arteriovenous fistulas which were successfully sealed using the endovascular stent-graft technique.
Sancak
Tanzer
T
Department of Radiology, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ibni Sina Hospital, Hasircilar Street, Sihhiye 06100 Ankara, Turkey. sancaki@yahoo.com
Bilgic
Sadik
S
Ustuner
Evren
E
D000328:Adult; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D000792:Angiography; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007601:Jugular Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D015607:Stents; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*