Aneurysm of the anterior inferior cerebellar artery (AICA) associated with high-flow lesion: report of two cases and review of literature

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience : Official Journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia
Tomas MenovskyRonald H M A Bartels

Abstract

Although aneurysms of the anterior inferior cerebellar artery (AICA) are rare lesions, their occurrence in combination with high-flow lesions in the same arterial territory is even more striking. Two cases of an AICA aneurysm in combination with a high -flow lesion are described. In one case, a 52-year-old female presented with cerebellar syndrome as the result of a left-sided cerebellar tumor. Angiography revealed a highly vascularized tumor and a broad-based aneurysm at the offspring of the left AICA. In the second case, a 17-year-old female presented with a right-sided cerebellar hemorrhage. Angiography revealed a large peripheral AICA aneurysm and a distal arteriovenous malformation (AVM) fed by the AICA. In the first case, a left lateral suboccipital craniotomy was performed and a highly vascularized tumor was removed. The AICA aneurysm could not be adequately clipped and was subsequently wrapped with muscle and reinforced with fibrin glue. Pathological examination of the tumor revealed a hemangioblastoma. Five years after surgery, the patient experienced a subarachnoid hemorrhage. Subsequent vertebral angiography revealed local enlargement of the known AICA aneurysm just at the superior aspect, but the patient refused fur...Continue Reading

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