[An Unruptured Extracranial Saccular Aneurysm, Arising from the Fenestrated Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery Originated from Extracranial Vertebral Artery: Case Report]. 2021

Hirotsugu Ohta, and Hirohisa Kondoh, and Takeru Umemura, and Junkoh Yamamoto
Department of Neurosurgery, Moji medical center.

We present an extremely rare case of an extracranial saccular aneurysm arising from the proximal end of a distal fenestration in the posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA), with the PICA originating extra-cranially from the vertebral artery (VA). [Case] A 71-year-old woman with hypertension, was referred to our hospital for hearing disturbance. After the incidental discovery of an unruptured aneurysm on magnetic resonance imaging, an angiography showed the aneurysm arising from the proximal end of the right distal fenestrated PICA. Both the aneurysm and the origin of the PICA were extracranial. The patient was treated conservatively because of the size and shape of the aneurysm. [Conclusion] A literature review revealed nine reported cases of fenestrated PICAs, two of which were aneurysms with fenestrated PICAs. This present case repot is the first to describe an extracranial aneurysm in a fenestrated PICA of extracranial origin. Embryologically, PICA fenestrations may represent remnants of a plexiform arterial channel between the primitive VA and a vertebrobasilar anastomosis.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D000783 Aneurysm Pathological outpouching or sac-like dilatation in the wall of any blood vessel (ARTERIES or VEINS) or the heart (HEART ANEURYSM). It indicates a thin and weakened area in the wall which may later rupture. Aneurysms are classified by location, etiology, or other characteristics. Saccular Aneurysm,Fusiform Aneurysm,Aneurysm, Fusiform,Aneurysms,Aneurysms, Fusiform,Fusiform Aneurysms
D014711 Vertebral Artery The first branch of the SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY with distribution to muscles of the NECK; VERTEBRAE; SPINAL CORD; CEREBELLUM; and interior of the CEREBRUM. Vertebral Arteries,Arteries, Vertebral,Artery, Vertebral

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