Retrograde back-coiling technique for a ruptured aneurysm of a double-origin posterior inferior cerebellar artery

J Neuroimaging. 2009 Jan;19(1):65-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2008.00243.x. Epub 2008 Sep 13.

Abstract

The double origin of the posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA) is a variant anastomosis of a residual lateral spinal artery and native intracranial PICA that has been associated with intracranial aneurysm formation. Because of this anastomosis, both origins of the PICA serve as aneurysmal-feeding vessels. We describe a novel technique of coiling with intracranial stent assistance to treat such a lesion that has not been described previously to our review.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aneurysm, Ruptured / diagnostic imaging
  • Aneurysm, Ruptured / therapy*
  • Cerebellum / blood supply*
  • Cerebellum / diagnostic imaging
  • Cerebral Angiography
  • Cerebral Arteries / abnormalities*
  • Cerebral Arteries / diagnostic imaging
  • Embolization, Therapeutic / methods*
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / therapy*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed