Giant Posterior Cerebral Artery Research Articles

Clipping, Aneurysmotomy, and Thrombectomy of an Enlarged Thrombosed Giant Posterior Cerebral Artery Aneurysm After Flow Diverter Treatment: 2-Dimensional Operative Video.

Clipping, Aneurysmotomy, and Thrombectomy of an Enlarged Thrombosed Giant Posterior Cerebral Artery Aneurysm After Flow Diverter Treatment: 2-Dimensional Operative Video.

Sinking skin flap syndrome in a patient with giant thrombosed posterior cerebral artery aneurysm: a case report

Abstract Sinking skin flap syndrome is a rare complication following decompressive craniectomy. The pathogenesis is based on disturbed cerebral autoregulation and as a consequence dicreased CBF and cerebral metabolism. This results in neurologic disturbances, i. e. mental changes and focal deficits. The authors present the patient who developed the motor trephine syndrome after decompressive craniectomy following complicated giant posterior cerebral artery aneurysm clipping.

Management of a Recurrent Coiled Giant Posterior Cerebral Artery Aneurysm With Trapping and Thrombectomy

Management of a Recurrent Coiled Giant Posterior Cerebral Artery Aneurysm With Trapping and Thrombectomy

Evolution of Giant P2-Posterior Cerebral Artery Aneurysm over 16 Years: Saccular to Serpentine

Giant intracranial aneurysms account for only about 5% of all intracranial aneurysms. Giant intradural aneurysms are associated with severe natural history, yet remain potentially curable. These aneurysms cause symptoms due to their mass effect, and only 14-35% of cases present with subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH). The present case report is an imaging evolution of a giant posterior cerebral artery (PCA) aneurysm in a patient who was lost on follow-up from 1992 to 2008 giving insight into the natural history and morphologic evolution of giant serpentine aneurysms. Attempted surgery 16 years previously for a saccular PCA aneurysm produced encephalomalacia and created a more spacious perianeurysmal environment, preventing any mass effect on vital structures in its vicinity. This allowed the patient to have a long symptom-free period and also allowed the aneurysm to follow a morphologic evolution over a long period without causing symptoms which would have called for intervention. This unusual development gave a unique opportunity to study the evolution of a gaint serpentine aneurysm from a saccular aneurysm and also the clinical and morphologic changes in an aneurysm if it can be prevented from producing mass effect. The Coanda effect, or boundary wall effect, has been considered responsible for the development of the serpentine channel in the original globular aneurysm . However many Authors conclude that giant serpentine aneurysms are not derived from saccular aneurysms.

Giant Multilocular Fusiform Aneurysm of the Posterior Cerebral Artery

A 60-year-old woman presented with a giant posterior cerebral artery aneurysm. Her visual field examination revealed right upper quadrantanopia. Because of the difficulty of the neck clipping, we performed parent artery occlusion using the Guglielmi detachable coils following balloon Matas test monitored with single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) with 99mTc-d, I hexamethyl-propylene-amine oxime. Postoperative left internal angiography showed the left occipital region was supplied by a leptomenigeal collateral via left the middle cerebral artery. Six months after embolisation the aneurysm was completely thrombosed on MR imaging. Her visual field deficits had also improved six months after embolisation. A combination of the balloon Matas test with SPECT followed by parent artery occlusion is an excellent method to treat such giant aneurysms.

Skull Base Approaches for Posterior Circulation Aneurysms

With the emergence of skull base surgery, surgical approaches have been developed and redefined, providing surgeons with accessible avenues to difficult lesions of the cranial base. Although the majority of lesions to which these techniques have been applied have been for tumors, we find that these skull base approaches can equally provide access to difficult vascular lesions, especially complex aneurysms of the posterior circulation. In this report three different skull base approaches were used in four patients for the treatment of posterior circulation aneurysms. A cranio-orbital-zygomatic approach was used for the acute stage of a ruptured basilar tip artery anenrysm and for a giant posterior cerebral artery aneurysm. A petrosal approach was used for a ruptured basilar trunk aneurysm, and the transcondylar approach was used for a vertebral artery aneurysm. Each approach provides a wide field and excellent exposure of vital structures with minimal brain retraction. Neck clipping of the aneurysms was successfully achieved in all cases. We believe that our skull base approaches facilitate the surgical treatment of posterior circulation aneurysms.

Treatment of Unclippable Giant Posterior Cerebral Artery Aneurysms with Detachable Balloons —Report of Three Cases—

Three patients presented with rare giant posterior cerebral artery aneurysms, clinically manifesting as cerebral ischemia, mass effect, and subarachnoid hemorrhage. All aneurysms were partially thrombosed, originated at the P2 segment, and possessed broad necks. Surgical neck clipping was difficult but proximal occlusion of the parent artery was feasible. Aneurysm occlusion sparing the parent artery was attempted in all cases, but failed because the detachable balloon did not successfully block the aneurysmal neck. All patients tolerated test occlusion at the P2 segment, so the parent artery was occluded proximally with detachable balloons, leaving the important perforating arteries unaffected. Two transient ischemic attacks were associated with the procedure. Where surgical treatment is unusually difficult, and proximal ligation or trapping just feasible, embolization with detachable balloons is an acceptable substitute.

Endovascular occlusion of intracranial vessels for curative treatment of unclippable aneurysms: report of 16 cases

Among 121 intracerebral aneurysms presenting at one institution between 1984 and 1989, 16 were treated by endovascular means. All 16 lesions were intradural and intracranial, and had failed either surgical or endovascular attempts at selective exclusion with parent vessel preservation. The lesions included four giant middle cerebral artery (MCA) aneurysms, one giant anterior communicating artery aneurysm, six giant posterior cerebral artery aneurysms, one posterior inferior cerebellar artery aneurysm, one giant mid-basilar artery aneurysm, two giant fusiform basilar artery aneurysms, and one dissecting vertebral artery aneurysm. One of the 16 patients failed an MCA test occlusion and was approached surgically after attempted endovascular selective occlusion. Treatment involved pretreatment evaluation of cerebral blood flow followed by a preliminary parent vessel test occlusion under neuroleptic analgesia with vigilant neurological monitoring. If the test occlusion was tolerated, it was immediately followed by permanent occlusion of the parent vessel with either detachable or nondetachable balloon or coils. The follow-up period ranged from 1 to 8 years. Excellent outcomes were obtained in 12 cases with complete angiographic obliteration of the aneurysm and no new neurological deficits and/or improvement of the preembolization symptoms. Four patients died: two related to the procedure, one secondary to rupture of another untreated aneurysm, and the fourth from a postoperative MCA thrombosis after having failed endovascular test occlusion. The angiographic, clinical, and cerebral blood flow criteria for occlusion tolerance are discussed.

Computed tomographic diagnosis of ruptured giant posterior cerebral artery aneurysms

Computed tomographic diagnosis of ruptured giant posterior cerebral artery aneurysms