Fusiform basilar artery aneurysm
Treatment
The treatment of fusiform aneurysms of the basilar artery is challenging for several reasons, including the presence of perforating vessels, the proximity to the brain stem and the exiting cranial nerves, and the surgical approaches necessary to access the basilar artery 1) 2) 3)
1)
Echiverri HC, Rubino FA, Gupta SR, Gujrati M. Fusiform aneurysm of the vertebrobasilar arterial system. Stroke. 1989;20:1741–1747.
2)
Higashida RT, Smith W, Gress D, Urwin R, Dowd CF, Balousek PA, Halbach VV. Intravascular stent and endovascular coil placement for a ruptured fusiform aneurysm of the basilar artery. Case report and review of the literature. J Neurosurg. 1997;87:944–949.
3)
De Georgia M, Belden J, Pao L, Pessin M, Kwan E, Caplan L. Thrombus in vertebrobasilar dolichoectatic artery treated with intravenous urokinase. Cerebrovasc Dis. 1999;9:28–33.