PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Chao, Kuo H.
AU  - Riina, Howard A.
AU  - Heier, Linda
AU  - Steig, Philip E.
AU  - Gobin, Y. Pierre
TI  - Endovascular Management of Dolichoectasia of the Posterior Cerebral Artery Report
DP  - 2004 Nov 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 1790--1791
VI  - 25
IP  - 10
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/25/10/1790.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/25/10/1790.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2004 Nov 01; 25
AB  - Summary: Congenital or nonatherosclerotic dolichoectasia is a rare condition; its etiology, natural history, and indications and technique of treatment are not yet clarified. During a workup for recent headaches and left-sided paresthesia in a 48 year-old female patient, brain MR imaging and cerebral angiography showed a large dolichoectasia of the P2 segment of the right posterior cerebral artery (PCA). The patient passed endovascular testing for occlusion of P2 with both balloon test occlusion and selective amytal testing. Endovascular coil occlusion of the right PCA dolichoectasia was successfully performed with hydrogel coils.