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DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1253347
© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York
Life-Threatening Hemorrhage From a Traumatic Aneurysm of the Posterior Meningeal Artery: Treatment with Coil Embolization
Publication History
Publication Date:
20 May 2010 (online)
Introduction
Traumatic aneurysms of the meningeal arteries are usually associated with blunt trauma [9] [13] [17]. They often manifest as false aneurysms or pseudoaneurysms resulting from incomplete disruption of the vessel wall [3]. While pseudoaneurysms of the middle meningeal artery have been reported occasionally [2] [3] [6] [10] [16] [25] [27], pseudoaneurysms of the posterior meningeal artery are exceedingly rare [8] [22] [26]. Hemorrhage secondary to rupture of a traumatic meningeal artery aneurysm is a serious event associated with high morbidity [1] [2] [3] [5] [6] [7]. There is very limited data on appropriate treatment strategies. Here we present the first case, in which a traumatic pseudoaneurysm was treated using a bioactive coil.
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Correspondence
B. HongMD
Hannover Medical School
Department of Neurosurgery
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