Successful endovascular occlusion of an aneurysm of the cervical vertebral artery associated with neurofibromatosis-1

N Horie; M Morikawa; N Kitagawa; M Nakamoto; I Nagata

doi:10.1007/s00701-008-1584-z

Successful endovascular occlusion of an aneurysm of the cervical vertebral artery associated with neurofibromatosis-1

Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2008 Aug;150(8):847-8. doi: 10.1007/s00701-008-1584-z. Epub 2008 Jun 23.

Authors

N Horie¹, M Morikawa, N Kitagawa, M Nakamoto, I Nagata

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Nagasaki, Japan. nobstanford@gmail.com

PMID: 18574549
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-008-1584-z

Abstract

A 30 year old female with a fusiform aneurysm of the cervical vertebral artery causing nerve root compression and associated with neurofibromatosis-1 was successfully treated with endovascular methods which resolved the mass effect. This is the first report demonstrating the reduction of the mass effect of an aneurysm on a cervical nerve root with endovascular treatment by using MR neurography.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Cervical Vertebrae / blood supply*
Embolization, Therapeutic*
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Nerve Compression Syndromes / diagnosis
Nerve Compression Syndromes / etiology
Nerve Compression Syndromes / therapy
Neurofibromatosis 1 / complications*
Neurofibromatosis 1 / diagnosis
Neurologic Examination
Spinal Nerve Roots / pathology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Vertebral Artery* / pathology