Quadruple spontaneous cervical artery dissection following aneurysm embolization: a rare posttreatment complication

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2011 Jan;32(1):E3-4. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A1963. Epub 2010 Jan 28.

Abstract

We present a unique case of multiple sCADs occurring after a ruptured intracranial aneurysm embolization. We discuss the impact of head extension during embolization as the prevailing factor in multiple artery dissections in this case and point out another cause of new-onset neurologic deficit in patients with aneurysmal SAH.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aneurysm, Ruptured / complications
  • Aneurysm, Ruptured / diagnostic imaging
  • Aneurysm, Ruptured / therapy*
  • Cervical Vertebrae / blood supply*
  • Cervical Vertebrae / diagnostic imaging
  • Embolization, Therapeutic / adverse effects*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / complications
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / therapy*
  • Radiography
  • Vertebral Artery Dissection / diagnostic imaging*
  • Vertebral Artery Dissection / etiology*