Congenital anastomosis between the vertebral artery and internal carotid artery in the neck

1979 ◽  
Vol 51 (5) ◽  
pp. 697-699 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dwight Parkinson ◽  
Venkatesha Reddy ◽  
R. T. Ross

✓ A rare case of anastomosis between the vertebral artery and the internal carotid artery in the neck of a patient with an anterior communicating artery aneurysm is reported.

1982 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 240-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenichiro Sugita ◽  
Shigeaki Kobayashi ◽  
Kazuhiko Kyoshima ◽  
Fukuo Nakagawa

✓ Twenty-four different kinds of fenestrated clips are introduced for the obliteration of unusual aneurysms. The clips were used for eight aneurysms of the internal carotid artery and 10 aneurysms of the vertebral artery. All but one of the aneurysms were successfully obliterated. Recommendations are made concerning the actual use of the clips.


2009 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroshi ITOKAWA ◽  
Masao MORIYA ◽  
Michio FUJIMOTO ◽  
Akihito KATO ◽  
Noriyoshi OKAMOTO ◽  
...  

1990 ◽  
Vol 73 (2) ◽  
pp. 301-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatsuya Nishioka ◽  
Akinori Kondo ◽  
Ikuhiro Aoyama ◽  
Kiyoshi Nin ◽  
Jun Takahashi

✓ Aneurysms arising from the intracavernous portion of the internal carotid artery very rarely rupture. A patient is presented in whom rupture of an aneurysm wholly within the cavernous sinus caused a subarachnoid hemorrhage. The aneurysm was successfully clipped via a direct surgical approach. The possible mechanism by which subarachnoid hemorrhage occurred is briefly discussed.


1987 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Leblanc

✓ Thirty-four of 87 consecutive patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage from a cerebral aneurysm had a premonitory minor leak. There were 12 men and 22 women, aged 25 to 73 years (mean 44.4 years). Twenty-two had a small and 12 had a large aneurysm located on the internal carotid artery (17 cases), anterior communicating artery (10 cases), middle cerebral artery (five cases), and pericallosal artery (two cases). Fifty-two percent of patients with a minor leak from an internal carotid artery aneurysm had ipsilateral, hemicranial, hemifacial, or periorbital pain. Half of the patients initially saw a physician, but in no case was the correct diagnosis made. Twenty-five patients had a major rupture within 24 hours to 4 weeks after findings suggesting a minor leak, with a mortality rate of 53%. Nine other patients were diagnosed by lumbar puncture or computerized tomography (CT) scanning after initial misdiagnosis and were operated on, without mortality, before a major rupture could occur. The CT scans were negative in 55% of patients with a minor leak, but lumbar puncture, when performed, was always positive. A minor leak prior to major aneurysmal rupture is a common occurrence and, if unrecognized, is associated with a high mortality. Computerized tomography scanning is unreliable in diagnosing this event, and lumbar puncture is the examination of choice once intracranial hypertension has been ruled out.


2002 ◽  
Vol 97 (6) ◽  
pp. 1432-1435 ◽  
Author(s):  
Virany Huynh Hillard ◽  
Kiran Musunuru ◽  
Chiedozie Nwagwu ◽  
Kaushik Das ◽  
Raj Murali ◽  
...  

✓ Cavernous internal carotid artery (ICA)—anterior cerebral artery (ACA) anastomoses are unusual anomalies in which a duplicated A1 segment of the ACA arises from the infraoptic ICA. The authors report on a 30-year-old woman who presented with subarachnoid hemorrhage from an anterior communicating artery (ACoA) aneurysm associated with an extremely rare variant of this anastomosis. The extra A1 segment emerged from the ICA within the cavernous sinus rather than at or above the level of the ophthalmic artery. The presence of the anomalous vessel provided a straightforward endovascular approach to the ACoA and allowed the use of coil placement rather than surgical clipping to treat the aneurysm successfully.


2004 ◽  
Vol 101 (6) ◽  
pp. 989-995 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroyuki Kinouchi ◽  
Toshiharu Yanagisawa ◽  
Akira Suzuki ◽  
Tohru Ohta ◽  
Yoshitaka Hirano ◽  
...  

Object. The authors of this study evaluated the efficacy of simultaneous microscopic and endoscopic monitoring during surgery for internal carotid artery (ICA) aneurysms. Methods. The endoscopic technique was applied during microsurgery in 11 patients with 13 aneurysms. Nine of these lesions were located on the posterior communicating artery (PCoA), three in the paraclinoid region, and one on the anterior choroidal artery (AChA). Eight patients had unruptured aneurysms and three had ruptured aneurysms. The endoscope was introduced after first exposing the aneurysm through the microscope and was gripped firmly by an air-locked holding arm fitted with a steering system throughout the entire surgery, including dissection of the perforating arteries and application of the aneurysm clips. Regarding paraclinoid aneurysms, clips were applied through direct visualization of the ophthalmic artery and the proximal neck. In a case involving a superior hypophyseal artery aneurysm in the paraclinoid segment, a ring clip was applied without removing the bone structure around the optic canal. In all aneurysms of the PCoA and the AChA, perforating arteries behind the lesion were identified and dissected using endoscopic control. The aneurysm clip was applied in the best position in a single attempt in 10 of 11 patients. There was no surgical complication related to the endoscopic procedures. Conclusions. Simultaneous monitoring with the microscope and endoscope is extremely useful in applying clips to ICA aneurysms. This combined method allows for direct dissection of the aneurysm, perforating vessels, and the main trunk in an area not visible through the microscope's eyepiece and promises better surgical results.


Nosotchu ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 152-154
Author(s):  
Kunio Yokoyama ◽  
Makoto Yamada ◽  
Hidekazu Tanaka ◽  
Yutaka Ito ◽  
Masahiro Kawanishi

1988 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 617-619 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan E. Hodes ◽  
William A. Fletcher ◽  
Daniel F. Goodman ◽  
William F. Hoyt

✓ Aneurysms of the intracavernous portion of the internal carotid artery may become very large, but they very rarely rupture. A case is described in which rupture of such a lesion resulted in a lethal massive subdural hematoma with transtentorial herniation. This is the second reported case of substantiated intracranial rupture from a wholly intracavernous carotid artery aneurysm.


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