Spontaneous Partial Thrombosis of a Basilar Artery Giant Aneurysm in a Child

We report the complete, spontaneous obliteration of a partially thrombosed dissecting giant aneurysm in the basilar artery by occlusion of both the lumen of the aneurysm and the parent artery in a 15-year-old girl.

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Published inAmerican Journal of Neuroradiology Vol. 26; no. 1; pp. 56 - 57
Main Authors Ciceri, Elisa F. M, Lawhead, Alison L, De Simone, Tiziana, Valvassori, Luca, Boccardi, Edoardo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oak Brook, IL Am Soc Neuroradiology 01.01.2005
American Society of Neuroradiology
Subjects
Adolescent
Aneurysm, Dissecting - diagnosis
Angiography, Digital Subtraction
Biological and medical sciences
Brain Ischemia - diagnosis
Cerebellum - blood supply
Cerebral Angiography
Collateral Circulation - physiology
Disease Progression
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Intracranial Aneurysm - diagnosis
Intracranial Embolism - diagnosis
Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects)
Magnetic Resonance Angiography
Medical sciences
Nervous system
Pediatrics
Pons - blood supply
Radiodiagnosis. Nmr imagery. Nmr spectrometry
Remission, Spontaneous
Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency - diagnosis
Human
Vascular disease
Giant aneurysm
Nervous system diseases
Radiodiagnosis
Cardiovascular disease
Basilar artery
Circulatory system
Child
Thrombosis
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Summary:We report the complete, spontaneous obliteration of a partially thrombosed dissecting giant aneurysm in the basilar artery by occlusion of both the lumen of the aneurysm and the parent artery in a 15-year-old girl.
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