Endovascular management of dolichoectasia of the posterior cerebral artery report. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Congenital or nonatherosclerotic dolichoectasia is a rare condition; its etiology, natural history, and indications and technique of treatment are not yet clarified. During a workup for recent headaches and left-sided paresthesia in a 48 year-old female patient, brain MR imaging and cerebral angiography showed a large dolichoectasia of the P2 segment of the right posterior cerebral artery (PCA). The patient passed endovascular testing for occlusion of P2 with both balloon test occlusion and selective amytal testing. Endovascular coil occlusion of the right PCA dolichoectasia was successfully performed with hydrogel coils.

publication date

  • January 1, 2004

Research

keywords

  • Cerebrovascular Disorders
  • Embolization, Therapeutic
  • Posterior Cerebral Artery
  • Vasodilation

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC8148721

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 16644378717

PubMed ID

  • 15569748

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 25

issue

  • 10