Unruptured anterior Inferior cerebellar artery aneurysm following stereotactic irradiation for vestibular schwannoma: Case report and literature review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The clinical features and therapeutic measures of vestibular schwannoma (VS) radiation-related aneurysm (RRA) have not been well described. We reported the first VS RRA case admitted for acute anterior inferior cerebella artery (AICA) ischemic symptoms. Literature was reviewed to present the research fruits about VS RRAs, and some therapeutic advices were given.

Materials and methods

A 54-year-old woman who had undergone GKS 10 years previously for a right VS was admitted to our hospital in 2018 because of sudden onset of severe vertigo and vomiting, accompanied with unsteady gait. During tumor resection, a dissecting aneurysm arose from the main trunk of AICA was encountered accidently within the tumor. The aneurysm was successfully treated with direct clip ligat

SUBMITTER: Lu D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9949606 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature