title: Successful use of Gamma Knife surgery in a distal lenticulostriate artery aneurysm intervention.
abstract: We report a case of a 21-year-old woman who underwent radiosurgical treatment of a distal lenticulostriate artery (LSA) aneurysm. Twenty-two months after treatment, repeat angiography demonstrated patency of the parent vessel and complete obliteration of the aneurysm. Our case implies that Gamma Knife surgery (GKS) might serve as an alternative microinvasive technique in the treatment of LSA aneurysms, making this procedure a potential addition to present methods.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, PR China.
authors.forename: ZhiGang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Lan
authors.forename: Jin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Chao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: You
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D020768:Middle Cerebral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D016634:Radiosurgery / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult