AJDRAJNR - American Journal of Neuroradiology

Published ahead of print on April 3, 2008
doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A1071
This Article
Right arrow Figures Only
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Supplemental Online Figures
Right arrow All Versions of this Article:
ajnr.A1071v1
29/7/1418    most recent
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via CrossRef
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by van Rooij, W.J.
Right arrow Articles by Beute, G.N.
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by van Rooij, W.J.
Right arrow Articles by Beute, G.N.

American Journal of Neuroradiology 29:1418-1419, August 2008
© 2008 American Society of Neuroradiology

Case Report
INTERVENTIONAL

Endovascular Treatment of Giant Serpentine Aneurysms

W.J. van Rooija, M. Sluzewskia and G.N. Beuteb

a Department of Radiology, St. Elisabeth Ziekenhuis, Tilburg, the Netherlands
b Department of Neurosurgery, St. Elisabeth Ziekenhuis, Tilburg, the Netherlands

Please address correspondence to Willem Jan van Rooij, MD, PhD, Department of Radiology, St. Elisabeth Ziekenhuis, Hilvarenbeekseweg 60, 5022 GC Tilburg, the Netherlands; e-mail: radiol{at}knmg.nl

SUMMARY: Giant serpentine aneurysms are fusiform partially thrombosed aneurysms with a separate outflow tract to normal distal cerebral vessels. Three patients with giant serpentine aneurysms of the anterior and middle cerebral arteries were treated with endovascular occlusion of the aneurysmal lumen with coils or glue after balloon test occlusion of the involved vessel. In all 3 patients, leptomeningeal collateral circulation was sufficient to prevent distal ischemia.






Copyright © 2008 by the American Society of Neuroradiology. Print ISSN: 0195-6108 Online ISSN: 1936-959X