Open AccessA 5-year follow-up of intracranial arterial dolichoectasia: A case report and review of literature
Author(s) -
Lavlesh Rathore,
Yashuhiro Yamada,
Tsukasa Kawase,
Yōkō Kato,
Satya Bhusan Senapati
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
asian journal of neurosurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1793-5482
DOI - 10.4103/ajns.ajns_282_18
Subject(s) - medicine , radiology , radiological weapon , clipping (morphology) , surgery , philosophy , linguistics
A patient with multiple dolichoectasia of the intracranial cerebral artery was followed sequentially with clinical and radiological progression of disease in the past 5 years. The patient was treated in multiple stages in the past 5 years with the endovascular and microsurgical clipping method. The maximum diameter of each major intracranial artery segment was recorded and compared in the follow-up year. The progression in size of the dolichoectatic segment was observed in spite of surgical intervention. In review diagnostic criteria, etiopathogenesis and treatment options have been discussed.