title: Isolated posterior spinal artery aneurysm causing intracranial acute subarachnoidal hemorrhage.
abstract: A case of an isolated posterior spinal artery aneurysm of the upper cervical spinal cord is presented. Spinal artery aneurysms that are not associated with other entities are extremely rare. Four cases have been reported in the literature to date. The patient developed symptoms and signs of intracranial subarachnoid hemorrhage. The aneurysm was successfully clipped. No other vascular abnormalities were seen.
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Neurosurgery, Sişli Etfal Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul 34077, Turkey. anhcavusoglu@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Halit
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cavuşoğlu
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ozdilmaç
authors.forename: Yüksel
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sahin
authors.forename: Yunus
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Aydin
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D003399:Craniotomy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000098:blood supply*; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000601:surgery