GIANT ANEURYSM OF THE VERTEBRAL ARTERY IN NEUROFIBROMATOSIS TYPE-1 - REPORT OF A CASE AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

Authors
HOFFMANN KT HOSTEN N LIEBIG T SCHWARZ K FELIX R
Citation
Kt. Hoffmann et al., GIANT ANEURYSM OF THE VERTEBRAL ARTERY IN NEUROFIBROMATOSIS TYPE-1 - REPORT OF A CASE AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE, Neuroradiology, 40(4), 1998, pp. 245-248
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging","Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Neuroradiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00283940
Volume
40
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
245 - 248
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3940(1998)40:4<245:GAOTVA>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Cranial and cervical vessels are rarely involved in neurofibromatosis type 1. Stenoses and occlusion due to intimal or medial dysplasia are most often seen, followed by aneurysms. We report a rare asymptomatic giant aneurysm of the vertebral artery in a 59-year old man with von R ecklinghausen's neurofibromatosis and review the literature.