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PCA aneurysm

Last update on November 28, 2022

Find out how Dr. Khawaja Hassan treated a 21-year-old male patient with left PCA aneurysm.

Case presentation

Patient

  • 21-year-old male patient
  • Headache and SAH on plain CT
  • DSA – Left PCA aneurysm

 

PCA Aneurysm

PCA aneurysm

 

  • Coiling
  • Posterior approach

 

PCA Aneurysm

 

  • Follow-up after 1 year
  • Asymptomatic

 

PCA Aneurysm

 

  • Low incidence1
  • Various types2
  • Endovascular treatment
References
  1. Goehre F, Jahromi BR, Lehecka M, Lehto H, Kivisaari R, Andrade-Barazarte H, et al. Posterior Cerebral Artery Aneurysms: Treatment and Outcome Analysis in 121 Patients. World Neurosurg [Internet]. 2016 Aug 1 [cited 2022 Aug 30];92:521–32. Available from: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27044373 /
  2. Ciceri EF, Klucznik RP, Grossman RG, Rose JE, Mawad ME. Aneurysms of the Posterior Cerebral Artery: Classification and Endovascular Treatment. Am J Neuroradiol. 2001;22(1) .
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