Successful endovascular treatment of a ruptured bihemispheric posterior inferior cerebellar artery aneurysm: illustrative case. 2021

Shingo Nishihiro, and Tomotsugu Ichikawa, and Yu Takahashi, and Yuichi Hirata, and Nobuhiko Kawai, and Satoshi Kuramoto, and Yasuhiro Ono, and Yuji Goda, and Masamitsu Kawauchi
Department of Neurological Surgery, Kagawa Prefectural Central Hospital, Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan.

BACKGROUND Normal posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA) anatomy is highly variable, but bihemispheric PICA crossing the midline to supply the vascular territory of bilateral cerebellar hemisphere is rare. Herein, the authors reported a rare case of ruptured aneurysm that was associated with bihemispheric PICA and successfully treated endovascularly. METHODS A 46-year-old woman presented with sudden headache and loss of consciousness because of an intraventricular hemorrhage due to a ruptured aneurysm that was associated with the bihemispheric PICA. Angiography revealed that the aneurysm was located at the bifurcation between the bihemispheric PICA and the bilateral distal PICA. The ruptured aneurysm was successfully occluded using coil embolization, which preserved the parent artery with no procedural-related complication. CONCLUSIONS To the best of the authors' knowledge, this was the first report of a ruptured aneurysm associated with bihemispheric PICA being successfully treated endovascularly. Aneurysm formation may be accelerated by hemodynamic stress and vascular fragility. For neurosurgeons and neurointerventionalists, it is important to understand the anatomical variation of PICA, especially bihemispheric PICA, which is a potential risk factor for a fatal stroke.

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