Remission of essential hypertension following decompression of a giant aneurysm of the right vertebral artery.
We report a case with giant aneurysm of the right vertebral artery in which remission of essential hypertension occurred following surgical decompression. The patient presented with a history of progressive gait disturbance and essential hypertension over a period of 4 years and 10 years respectively. Computerised tomography scan demonstrated a giant thrombosed aneurysm in the right vertebral artery. The aneurysm was trapped and decompressed to reduce the neurological deficits. Post-operatively, the gait disturbance recovered with complete remission of the long standing essential hypertension.
Okudera
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Department of Neurosurgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Japan.
Kobayashi
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Kyoshima
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Sugita
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