Dissecting aneurysms of all four cervicocranial arteries in fibromuscular dysplasia: treatment with self-expanding endovascular stents, coil embolization, and surgical ligation

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 1997 Aug;18(7):1216-20.

Abstract

A patient with cervicocranial fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) presented with subarachnoid hemorrhage. A ruptured dissecting distal vertebral artery aneurysm required clip ligation of the parent artery; a contralateral dissecting proximal vertebral aneurysm was occluded with detachable coils. Progressive dissecting, extracranial aneurysms of the internal carotid artery were treated with self-expanding stents. Subsequent angiography and intravascular sonography revealed patent stents, a smooth luminal surface, and total occlusion of the aneurysm. Clinical outcome was excellent.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Aneurysm, Ruptured / diagnostic imaging
  • Aneurysm, Ruptured / therapy
  • Aortic Dissection / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Dissection / therapy*
  • Brain / blood supply*
  • Carotid Artery, Internal / diagnostic imaging
  • Cerebral Angiography
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Embolization, Therapeutic / instrumentation*
  • Fibromuscular Dysplasia / diagnostic imaging
  • Fibromuscular Dysplasia / therapy*
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / therapy*
  • Ligation
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Stents*
  • Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / diagnostic imaging
  • Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / therapy
  • Vertebral Artery / diagnostic imaging