title: An Unusual Case of a Thrombosed Giant Distal PICA Aneurysm Simulating a Large Cavernous Angioma.
abstract: A 64-year-old woman was referred to our hospital with a one-month history of progressive headache. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a hemorrhagic mass adjacent to the left inferior cerebellar hemisphere associated with a peripheral rim of signal void. Angiography demonstrated an avascular mass and the provisional diagnosis was a large cavernous angioma in the cerebellum. Intraoperative findings revealed a thrombosed giant aneurysm of the left distal posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA). We report an unusual case of a completely thrombosed giant aneurysm simulating a large cavernous angioma in the cerebellum. The cerebellar cisternal location of the mass may be a clue for the pre-operative diagnosis of an aneurysm.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Chonnam National University, Hwasun Hospital & Medical School, Hwasun, Korea.
authors.forename: Dong-Ho
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Shin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Tae-Young
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Tae-Sun
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Kim