Giant distal pica aneurysm with mass effect in the posterior fossa

Giant distal pica aneurysm with mass effect in the posterior fossa

Giant intracranial aneurysms are not uncommon, accounting for about 5% of all intracranial aneurysms, however, giant aneurysms of the posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA) are quite rare. PICA aneurysms, comprise 0,5-3% of all aneurysms. Distal PICA aneurysms constitute 15% of them. Rarely, they manifest the clinical signs of a posterior fossa mass lesion.The authors present a case of giant PICA aneurysm. It was successfuly excised without any neurological deficit.

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