Nagatani Kimihiro, Otani Naoki, Seno Soichiro, Takeuchi Satoru, Wada Kojiro, Mori Kentaro
Department of Neurosurgery, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan.
Br J Neurosurg. 2013 Oct;27(5):687-9. doi: 10.3109/02688697.2013.771727. Epub 2013 Mar 4.
True posterior communicating artery (PCoA) aneurysm is an aneurysm that originates from the PCoA, and large or giant true PCoA aneurysms are rare. We report a case of a large true PCoA aneurysm successfully clipped after anterior clinoidectomy and discuss the diagnostic pitfalls associated with this rare clinical entity.
真性后交通动脉(PCoA)动脉瘤是一种起源于后交通动脉的动脉瘤,大型或巨大型真性后交通动脉动脉瘤较为罕见。我们报告一例大型真性后交通动脉动脉瘤患者,经前床突切除术后成功夹闭,并讨论与这种罕见临床实体相关的诊断陷阱。