Ruptured posterior ethmoidal artery aneurysm and Moyamoya disease in an adult patient. Case report

Neurochirurgie. 2016 Jun;62(3):171-3. doi: 10.1016/j.neuchi.2016.04.001. Epub 2016 May 25.

Abstract

The association between Moyamoya disease and intracranial aneurysms is well described. In our case, we describe a unique aneurismal location and its management. We report the case of a 74-year-old woman affected by a Moyamoya disease who displayed a frontal lobe hematoma. The origin of the bleeding came from the rupture of a posterior ethmoidal artery aneurysm that was treated surgically with favourable outcome. This case of a ruptured posterior ethmoidal artery aneurysm in a Moyamoya patient illustrates the polymorphism of the vascular complications encountered in this disease. It stresses the need to obtain information from an angiographic investigation in order to select the best therapeutic option and to reduce procedural complications.

Keywords: Aneurysm; Anévrisme; Artère ethmoïdale postérieure; Brain hematoma; Hématome cérébral; Maladie de Moyamoya; Moyamoya disease; Posterior ethmoidal artery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
  • Aneurysm / etiology*
  • Aneurysm / surgery
  • Aneurysm, Ruptured / diagnostic imaging
  • Aneurysm, Ruptured / etiology*
  • Aneurysm, Ruptured / surgery
  • Cerebral Angiography
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage / diagnostic imaging
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage / etiology
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage / surgery
  • Computed Tomography Angiography
  • Female
  • Frontal Lobe / blood supply*
  • Frontal Lobe / diagnostic imaging
  • Hematoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Hematoma / etiology
  • Hematoma / surgery
  • Humans
  • Microsurgery
  • Moyamoya Disease / complications*
  • Moyamoya Disease / diagnostic imaging