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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Asian J Neurosurg 2022; 17(02): 367-370
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1750382
Case Report

Distal Posterior Cerebral Artery Ruptured Aneurysm: A Rare Case Report and Review of Literature

Konstantinos Kasapas
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Athens General Hospital “Georgios Gennimatas,” Athens, Greece
,
Antonia Malli
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Athens General Hospital “Georgios Gennimatas,” Athens, Greece
,
Dimitrios Charitos
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Athens General Hospital “Georgios Gennimatas,” Athens, Greece
,
Nikolaos Georgakoulias
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Athens General Hospital “Georgios Gennimatas,” Athens, Greece
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Abstract

Distal posterior cerebral artery aneurysms consist of a rare vascular entity whose treatment approach remains challenging. Few studies exist scarcely in the literature reporting cases of P4 ruptured aneurysms. In this study, we present the case of a 49-year-old female patient who was admitted to our Neurosurgery Department with the World Federation of Neurological Surgeons grade IV, Fischer grade IV subarachnoid hemorrhage due to a right distal posterior cerebral artery aneurysm. She successfully underwent surgery via a posterior occipital interhemispheric approach. The patient recovered well from surgery, and the following days, she was successfully extubated and had a significant neurological improvement. However, she died during her rehabilitation due to sepsis and severe acute respiratory distress syndrome.

Keywords

posterior cerebral artery - ruptured distal PCA aneurysm - clipping - subarachnoid hemorrhage


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Article published online:
24 August 2022

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