Intravascular stent and endovascular coil placement for a ruptured fusiform aneurysm of the basilar artery

Case report and review of the literature

Randall T. HigashidaDepartments of Radiology and Neurological Surgery, Division of Interventional Neuroradiology, and Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, California

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Wade SmithDepartments of Radiology and Neurological Surgery, Division of Interventional Neuroradiology, and Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, California

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Daryl GressDepartments of Radiology and Neurological Surgery, Division of Interventional Neuroradiology, and Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, California

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Ross UrwinDepartments of Radiology and Neurological Surgery, Division of Interventional Neuroradiology, and Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, California

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Christopher F. DowdDepartments of Radiology and Neurological Surgery, Division of Interventional Neuroradiology, and Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, California

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Peter A. BalousekDepartments of Radiology and Neurological Surgery, Division of Interventional Neuroradiology, and Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, California

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Van V. HalbachDepartments of Radiology and Neurological Surgery, Division of Interventional Neuroradiology, and Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, California

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✓ The authors demonstrate the technical feasibility of using intravascular stents in conjunction with electrolytically detachable coils (Guglielmi detachable coils [GDCs]) for treatment of fusiform, broad-based, acutely ruptured intracranial aneurysms and review the literature on endovascular approaches to ruptured aneurysms and cerebral stent placement. A 77-year-old man presented with an acute subarachnoid hemorrhage of the posterior fossa. A fusiform aneurysm with a broad-based neck measuring 12 mm and involving the distal vertebral artery (VA) and proximal third of the basilar artery (BA) was demonstrated on cerebral angiography. The aneurysm was judged to be inoperable. Six days later a repeated hemorrhage occurred. A 15-mm-long intravascular stent was placed across the base of the aneurysm in the BA and expanded to 4 mm to act as a bridging scaffold to create a neck. A microcatheter was then guided through the interstices of the stent into the body and dome of the aneurysm, and GDCs were deposited for occlusion.

The arteriogram obtained after stent placement demonstrated occlusion of the main dome and body of the aneurysm. The coils were stably positioned and held in place by the stent across the distal VA and BA fusiform aneurysm. Excellent blood flow to the distal BA and posterior cerebral artery was maintained through the stent. There were no new brainstem ischemic events attributable to the procedure. No rebleeding from the aneurysm had occurred by the 10.5-month follow-up evaluation, and the patient has experienced significant neurological improvement.

Certain types of intracranial fusiform aneurysms may now be treated by combining intravascular stent and GDC placement for aneurysm occlusion via an endovascular approach. This is the first known clinical application of this novel approach in a ruptured cerebral aneurysm.

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Address reprint requests to: Randall T. Higashida, M.D., Departments of Radiology and Neurological Surgery, Division of Interventional Neuroradiology, University of California San Francisco Medical Center, 505 Parnassus Avenue, L-352, San Francisco, California 94143–0628.
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