Retrograde stent placement for coil embolization of a wide-necked posterior inferior cerebellar artery aneurysm

Korean J Radiol. 2012 Jul-Aug;13(4):510-4. doi: 10.3348/kjr.2012.13.4.510. Epub 2012 Jun 18.

Abstract

Wide-necked aneurysms of the posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA) are infrequently encountered in cerebrovascular practice, and endovascular treatment is difficult or impossible even with the use of several neck remodeling techniques. We present the case of a patient with a wide-necked aneurysm of the PICA, which was treated by the retrograde stenting through the contralateral vertebral artery and vertebrobasilar junction with antegrade coil embolization.

Keywords: Aneurysm; Endovascular treatment; Enterprise stent; Posterior inferior cerebellar artery; Retrograde stenting.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cerebellar Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Cerebellar Diseases / therapy*
  • Cerebral Angiography
  • Embolization, Therapeutic / instrumentation
  • Embolization, Therapeutic / methods*
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / therapy*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Stents*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed