Rupture Mechanism of a Thrombosed Slow-growing Giant Aneurysm of the Vertebral Artery: —Case Report—

Neurologia medico-chirurgica

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 860-864

  Yasui, Toshihiro ^a   Sakamoto, Hiroaki ^a   Kishi, Hiroshige ^a   Komiyama, Masaki ^a   Iwai, Yoshiyasu ^a   Yamanaka, Kazuhiro ^a   Nishikawa, Misao ^a   Nakajima, Hideki ^a   Kobayashi, Yasutsugu ^a   Inoue, Takeshi ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

giant aneurysm; thrombus; vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CASE REPORT; HEMIPARESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS;

AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS; MALE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 0032433729     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.38.860     Document Type: Article

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