Endovascular treatment using woven stents for ruptured vertebral artery dissecting aneurysm induced by varicella zoster virus: case report

Br J Neurosurg. 2016 Dec;30(6):672-674. doi: 10.1080/02688697.2016.1187256. Epub 2016 May 24.

Abstract

Subarachnoid hemorrhage with ruptured cerebral artery dissection caused by varicella zoster (VZ) vasculopathy is rare. We report a rare case of vertebral artery (VA) dissection induced by VZ virus, successfully treated with stent-assisted coil embolization and systemic anti viral medication, on six month follow-up cerebral angiography with the review of literatures.

Keywords: Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage; dissection; endovascular therapy; infection; vertebral artery injury.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use
  • Cerebral Angiography
  • Chickenpox / complications*
  • Chickenpox / diagnostic imaging
  • Embolization, Therapeutic
  • Endovascular Procedures / methods*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Stents*
  • Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / complications
  • Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / diagnostic imaging
  • Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Vertebral Artery Dissection / diagnostic imaging
  • Vertebral Artery Dissection / etiology*
  • Vertebral Artery Dissection / surgery*

Substances

  • Antiviral Agents