Management of giant serpentine aneurysms of the middle cerebral artery--review of literature and report of a case successfully treated by STA-MCA anastomosis only

S Suzuki; T Takahashi; H Ohkuma; T Shimizu; S Fujita

doi:10.1007/BF01400630

Management of giant serpentine aneurysms of the middle cerebral artery--review of literature and report of a case successfully treated by STA-MCA anastomosis only

Acta Neurochir (Wien). 1992;117(1-2):23-9. doi: 10.1007/BF01400630.

Authors

S Suzuki¹, T Takahashi, H Ohkuma, T Shimizu, S Fujita

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, Japan.

PMID: 1514425
DOI: 10.1007/BF01400630

Abstract

Thirty-eight cases of giant serpentine aneurysms (GSA), including 17 GSA of the middle cerebral artery (MCA), were reviewed in the literature. The treatment possibilities of GSA of the MCA are discussed together with our own case who was a 39-year-old male with a GSA of the right MCA and was treated only by STA-MCA anastomosis. The pathogenetic mechanism of progressive enlargement of the aneurysm is also discussed.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Adult
Blood Flow Velocity / physiology
Cerebral Revascularization*
Follow-Up Studies
Frontal Lobe / blood supply
Humans
Intracranial Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
Intracranial Aneurysm / surgery*
Male
Neurologic Examination
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / diagnostic imaging
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / surgery
Tomography, X-Ray Computed