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The Endovascular Management of Superior Cerebellar Artery Aneurysms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Charles Haw ,
Robert Willinsky ,
Ronit Agid  and
Karel TerBrugge
Charles Haw
Affiliation:
Division of Neuroradiology, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Robert Willinsky
Affiliation:
Division of Neuroradiology, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ronit Agid
Affiliation:
Division of Neuroradiology, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Karel TerBrugge
Affiliation:
Division of Neuroradiology, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Abstract

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Background:

Superior cerebellar artery aneurysms are rare. We present a clinical series of twelve of these aneurysms that were treated exclusively with endovascular coils.

Method:

A retrospective analysis of a prospectively collected database of cerebral aneurysms treated with coil embolization was performed. Clinical notes and radiological images were reviewed.

Results:

Twelve superior cerebellar artery aneurysms were treated in eleven patients between 1992 and 2001. Seven patients presented with subarachnoid hemorrhage, two with neurologic deficit, and two had asymptomatic aneurysms. Coiling resulted in complete aneurysm obliteration in six patients and incomplete obliteration in the other six. No subsequent hemorrhage occurred with follow-up between 6 and 119 months (mean follow-up 50 months). Procedural morbidity was one superior cerebellar artery infarct with good recovery. Management morbidity was one middle cerebral artery embolus during a follow-up angiogram that required thrombolysis with a good clinical result. Nine out of 11 patients on follow-up were performing at Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS) 5. One patient with GOS 3 presented with a poor grade subarachnoid hemorrhage and the other patient with GOS 4 presented with a parenchymal hemorrhage due to an arteriovenous malformation.

Conclusion:

Endovascular treatment of superior cerebellar artery aneurysms is an effective treatment strategy with low morbidity.

Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 31 , Issue 1 , February 2004 , pp. 53 - 57
Copyright
Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2004

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