Infectious intracranial aneurysm: endovascular treatment with onyx case report and review of the literature.
Intracranial infectious (mycotic) aneurysms are very rare, but continue to be challenging and technically demanding, which need careful diagnosis and therapy. We present an 18-year-old man with an intracranial infectious aneurysm located on the left posterior cerebral artery who was successfully treated with endovascular embolization by a liquid embolic agent (onyx) and who recovered well.
Department of Neurosurgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, 37 Guo Xue Xiang Street, Chengdu, Sichuan - 610 041, China.
Pei Chao
PC
Zhao
Jin
J
Li
Min
M
He
Chao
C
You
D000293:Adolescent; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction / Q000379:methods; D004121:Dimethyl Sulfoxide / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000628:therapy*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011145:Polyvinyls / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D020769:Posterior Cerebral Artery / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods
C450660:Onyx copolymer; D011145:Polyvinyls; D004121:Dimethyl Sulfoxide