Giant serpentine cerebral aneurysms
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Giant serpentine cerebral aneurysms. These are fusiform and partially thrombosed aneurysms. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Pathology
- These are fusiform and partially thrombosed aneurysms
- They have an eccentric tortuous intra-aneurysmal vascular channel
- They have a separate outflow tract to distal blood vessels
- They may arise from degeneration of vascular wall of saccular aneurysms
Presentations
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Cerebral angiography
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References
- van Rooij WJ, Sluzewski M, Beute GN. Endovascular treatment of giant serpentine aneurysms. Am J Neuroradiol 2008; 29:1418-1419.
- Kandemirli SG, Cekirge S, Oran I, et al. Intracranial serpentine aneurysms: spontaneous changes of angiographic filling pattern. Am J Neuroradiol 2018; 39:1662-1668.
- Lan J, Fu ZY, Zhang JJ, et al. Giant serpentine aneurysm of the middle cerebral artery. World Neurosurg 2018; 117:109-114.
- Dmytriw AA, Alrashed A, Yang VX. Giant intracranial aneurysm water-hammer effect. Pract Neurol 2020; 20:246.
