Basilar artery aneurysm treated with coil embolization via persistent primitive trigeminal artery.

作者信息

Ikushima Ichiro, Arikawa Syoji, Korogi Yukunori, Uehara Hisao, Komohara Yasuyuki, Takahashi Mutsumasa

机构信息

Department of Radiology, Miyakonojo Medical Association Hospital, 5822-3 Oiwada, Miyakonojo, Miyazaki 885-0062, Japan.

出版信息

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2002 Jan-Feb;25(1):70-1. doi: 10.1007/s00270-001-0053-3. Epub 2001 Oct 17.

A saccular aneurysm of the right basilar-superior cerebellar artery associated with a persistent primitive trigeminal artery (PPTA) was successfully treated by endovascular occlusion with Guglielmi detachable coils. Since both vertebral arteries and the basilar artery proximal to the junction with the PPTA were hypoplastic, a microcatheter was advanced via the PPTA. To our knowledge, this is the first case report describing the treatment of the aneurysm through the PPTA.