Treatment of a giant vertebrobasilar artery aneurysm using stent grafts. Case report

J Neurosurg. 2007 Jul;107(1):165-8. doi: 10.3171/JNS-07/07/0165.

Abstract

This 65-year-old man presented to the authors' institution reporting neck swelling. Stage IIIA Hodgkin disease was diagnosed, and a computed tomography scan of the neck revealed a vertebrobasilar artery aneurysm. His medical history was significant for subarachnoid hemorrhage and coma 2 years earlier. Subsequent digital subtraction angiography demonstrated a giant fusiform vertebrobasilar junction aneurysm with associated basilar artery (BA) fenestration. Endovascular treatment of the giant aneurysm was performed by left vertebral artery (VA) occlusion and placement of two Jo-stent coronary stent grafts from the right VA to the BA. The postprocedure course was uneventful. Follow-up angiography performed 1 week postoperatively demonstrated complete exclusion of the aneurysm. This unique case is described and a review of the relevant literature is presented.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Angiography, Digital Subtraction
  • Balloon Occlusion / methods
  • Hodgkin Disease / complications
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / complications*
  • Male
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Stents*
  • Transplantation, Autologous
  • Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency / etiology*
  • Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency / pathology
  • Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency / surgery*