Value of CT angiography in the evaluation of a peripheral anterior inferior cerebellar artery aneurysm: case report

Clin Imaging. 1999 Mar-Apr;23(2):77-80. doi: 10.1016/s0899-7071(98)00100-4.

Abstract

We report a case of a peripheral anterior inferior cerebellar artery (AICA) aneurysm in a 66-year-old woman. Computed tomography angiography (CTA) demonstrated a saccular aneurysm in the left AICA. A subsequent vertebral digital subtraction angiography using our standard injection technique failed to demonstrate the aneurysm. However, the aneurysm was visualized on a follow-up injection performed with an increased contrast dose and injection rate. CTA proved to be critical in the detection of this aneurysm which could have been easily overlooked on a conventional angiogram.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Angiography, Digital Subtraction
  • Cerebellum / blood supply*
  • Cerebral Angiography / methods*
  • Cerebral Arteries / diagnostic imaging*
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*