RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Endovascular Management of Dolichoectasia of the Posterior Cerebral Artery Report
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 1790
OP 1791
VO 25
IS 10
A1 Chao, Kuo H.
A1 Riina, Howard A.
A1 Heier, Linda
A1 Steig, Philip E.
A1 Gobin, Y. Pierre
YR 2004
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/25/10/1790.abstract
AB Summary: 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.