Giant Fusiform Basilar Artery Aneurysm
Giant, fusiform, and serpentine aneurysms, particularly those in the posterior circulation, remain a daunting prospect from both the neurosurgical and endovascular standpoints. Patients with those aneurysms continue to have poor long-term prognosis. Endovascular treatment offers a relatively noninvasive means of approaching posterior fossa aneurysms. However, few reports on endovascular occlusion of the giant BA aneurysms with BA occlusion are published 1).
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You J, Ma Z, Zhang F, Li G. Treatment of a Giant Fusiform Basilar Aneurysm
with Partial Intra-Aneurysmal Embolization Combined with Mid-Basilar Artery
Occlusion in a Child. Clin Neuroradiol. 2016 Jun;26(2):243-8. doi:
10.1007/s00062-015-0451-6. Epub 2016 Apr 26. PubMed PMID: 27116216; PubMed
Central PMCID: PMC4914515.