title: Endovascular treatment of a ruptured vertebral dissecting aneurysm associated with double-origin posterior inferior cerebellar artery.
abstract: Untreated, ruptured vertebral dissecting aneurysms are associated with high incidences of rebleeding and consequent mortality. Double-origin of the posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA) is an infrequent congenital variation, which showing predilection for the formation of intracranial aneurysm. We describe an endovascular approach toward the treatment of a ruptured vertebral dissecting aneurysm associated with double-origin PICA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China.
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Chaohua
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xiaodong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xie
mesh_terms: D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D020785:Central Nervous System Vascular Malformations / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D057510:Endovascular Procedures; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020769:Posterior Cerebral Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D020217:Vertebral Artery Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*