Paraclinoid aneurysm concealed by sphenoid wing meningioma.
The coexistence of brain tumours and aneurysms is rare. In all previously reported cases the aneurysm was detectable by angiography. We report here a case in which a paraclinoid internal carotid artery aneurysm was coexistent and concealed from angiographic detection by an adjacent parasellar meningioma.
Petrecca
Kevin
K
Department of Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, Quebec, Canada. kevin.petrecca@mcgill.ca
Sirhan
Denis
D
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D020215:Carotid Artery, Internal, Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008579:Meningioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D019292:Skull Base Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013100:Sphenoid Bone / Q000473:pathology; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D017585:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Transcranial; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods