title: Totally thrombosed giant anterior communicating artery aneurysm.
abstract: Giant anterior communicating artery aneurysms are rare. Apatient presented with visual dysfunction, gait ataxia and urinary incontinence. MRI showed a giant suprasellar mass. At surgery, the lesion was identified as being an aneurysm arising from the anterior communicating artery. The difficulty in preoperative diagnosis and relevant literature are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry, India.
authors.forename: V R Roopesh
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry, India.
authors.forename: Venkatesh S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Madhugiri
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry, India.
authors.forename: Gopalakrishnan M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Sasidharan
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry, India.
authors.forename: Sudheer Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Gundamaneni
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry, India.
authors.forename: Awdhesh Kumar
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Yadav
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry, India.
authors.forename: Surendra Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Verma
keywords: Anterior communicating artery; aspect ratio; cavernoma; giant aneurysm; intra-luminal thrombus; pterional