A very unusual case of fibromuscular dysplasia with multiple aneurysms of the vertebral artery and posterior inferior cerebellar artery: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1108-1112

  Kimura, Hidehito ^a   Hosoda, Kohkichi ^b   Hara, Yoshie ^c   Kohmura, Eiji ^b  

^a Hyogo Brain and Heart Center ^*  (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Kobe Red Cross Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral aneurysm; Fibromuscular dysplasia; Flow reversal therapy; Posterior inferior cerebellar artery; Proximal arterial occlusion; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COIL EMBOLIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBROMUSCULAR DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; POSTERIOR INFERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; ANEURYSM; BRAIN ARTERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

ADULT; ANEURYSM; ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; FEMALE; FIBROMUSCULAR DYSPLASIA; HUMANS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 58149397729     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/JNS.2008.109.12.1108     Document Type: Article

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