Successful endovascular treatment for thrombosed giant aneurysm of the V1 segment of the vertebral artery: A case report.

Successful endovascular treatment for thrombosed giant aneurysm of the V1 segment of the vertebral artery: A case report. Interv Neuroradiol. 2017 Jan 01;:1591019917722515 Authors: Kiyohira M, Ishihara H, Oku T, Kawano A, Oka F, Suzuki M Abstract Thrombosed giant aneurysm of the V1 segment of the vertebral artery is rare, and there is controversy regarding the optimal method of treatment in this portion. Here, we report a thrombosed giant aneurysm of the V1 segment of the vertebral artery with a good clinical course with endovascular proximal artery occlusion of the vertebral artery. A 59-year-old woman presented with a large mass in the left side of the neck. Echographic examination revealed a mass measuring 42 × 38 × 48 mm in the left neck. Angiography showed a thrombosed giant aneurysm of the V1 segment of the left vertebral artery. Endovascular proximal artery occlusion of the vertebral artery was performed, and the aneurysm lessened gradually. Although a number of procedures have been developed to treat extracranial vertebral artery aneurysms, endovascular proximal artery occlusion is a good option to treat aneurysms in this portion. PMID: 28750562 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Interventional Neuroradiology - Category: Radiology Tags: Interv Neuroradiol Source Type: research