Neurosurgery · 1999
Acute traumatic posteroinferior cerebellar artery aneurysms: report of three cases.
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Schuster J M, Santiago P, Elliott J P, Grady M S, Newell D W, Winn H R
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OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE: Posterior fossa subarachnoid hemorrhage secondary to blunt head trauma is rarely associated with traumatic aneurysms of the posterior circulation.
CLINICAL PRESENTATION: We present three cases of posterior fossa subarachnoid hemorrhage from ruptured posteroinferior cerebellar artery (PICA) aneurysms after blunt head trauma. In each case, there was no associated penetrating injury or cranial fracture. All three patients presented with acute hydrocephalus requiring ventriculostomy. Two of the three patients had a proximal PICA aneurysm visible on emergent angiography. The remaining patient's aneurysm, although not visible on his initial angiogram, was detected on a subsequent angiogram 72 hours later.
INTERVENTION: All patients underwent successful surgical clipping of their aneurysms. Two cases required sacrificing of the parent vessels because of the friable nature of the false aneurysms. In each case, severe symptomatic vasospasm occurred, requiring angioplasty. All three patients also required a ventriculoperitoneal shunt for persistent hydrocephalus.
CONCLUSION: Features of these three cases and similar cases reported in the literature support the theory that vascular ruptures and traumatic aneurysms of the proximal PICA may be related to anatomic variability of the PICA as it transverses the brainstem. This variability predisposes individuals to vascular lesions, which occur in a continuum based on the severity of the injury. Posterior fossa subarachnoid hemorrhage after head injury requires a high index of suspicion and warrants aggressive diagnostic and therapeutic interventions.
CLINICAL PRESENTATION: We present three cases of posterior fossa subarachnoid hemorrhage from ruptured posteroinferior cerebellar artery (PICA) aneurysms after blunt head trauma. In each case, there was no associated penetrating injury or cranial fracture. All three patients presented with acute hydrocephalus requiring ventriculostomy. Two of the three patients had a proximal PICA aneurysm visible on emergent angiography. The remaining patient's aneurysm, although not visible on his initial angiogram, was detected on a subsequent angiogram 72 hours later.
INTERVENTION: All patients underwent successful surgical clipping of their aneurysms. Two cases required sacrificing of the parent vessels because of the friable nature of the false aneurysms. In each case, severe symptomatic vasospasm occurred, requiring angioplasty. All three patients also required a ventriculoperitoneal shunt for persistent hydrocephalus.
CONCLUSION: Features of these three cases and similar cases reported in the literature support the theory that vascular ruptures and traumatic aneurysms of the proximal PICA may be related to anatomic variability of the PICA as it transverses the brainstem. This variability predisposes individuals to vascular lesions, which occur in a continuum based on the severity of the injury. Posterior fossa subarachnoid hemorrhage after head injury requires a high index of suspicion and warrants aggressive diagnostic and therapeutic interventions.