Posttraumatic pseudoaneurysm of the posterior meningeal artery associated with intraventricular hemorrhage

• Published in: American journal of neuroradiology : AJNR Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 264 - 266
• Main Authors: Toro, VE, Fravel, JF, Weidman, TA, Figueroa, RE, Flannery, A, Binet, EF
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oak Brook, IL Am Soc Neuroradiology 01.01.1993; American Society of Neuroradiology
• Subjects: Adult; Aneurysm, False - etiology; Biological and medical sciences; Brain - diagnostic imaging; Case Reports; Cerebral Hemorrhage - diagnostic imaging; Cerebral Hemorrhage - etiology; Craniocerebral Trauma - complications; Humans; Injuries of the nervous system and the skull. Diseases due to physical agents; Male; Medical sciences; Meningeal Arteries - diagnostic imaging; Meningeal Arteries - injuries; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents; Human; Intracranial; Nervous system diseases; False aneurysm; Craniocerebral; Cardiovascular disease; Cerebral ventricle; Hemorrhage; Trauma; Cerebral disorder; Vascular disease; Case study; Adult; Complication; Cerebrovascular disease
• ISSN: 0195-6108; 1936-959X

A 22-year-old man sustained a severe head injury and had a torn posterior meningeal artery that caused massive intraventricular hemorrhage. Traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the posterior meningeal artery should be considered in cases where intraventricular hemorrhage occurs in the presence of occipital bone fracture and contiguous epidural hematoma; vertebral angiography is of value in this regard.