Surgical Clipping of a Basilar Tip Aneurysm: Case Report and Literature Review

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DOI: 10.4236/ojmn.2017.73007    1,513 Downloads   4,105 Views  

ABSTRACT

Basilar tip aneurysms account for 5% - 8% of all intracranial aneurysms. They are known to rupture more frequently than aneurysms in other locations. Surgical clipping of basilar apex aneurysms however challenging; remains the treatment of choice in Ivory Coast due in part, to multiple technical barriers. A 60-year-old right-handed patient presented to our Neurosurgical Unit in February 2nd 2013 after a sudden onset of altered consciousness. Neurological examination revealed both an upper motor neuron and meningeal syndromes with a Glasgow Coma Scale of 12. Brain NECT scan and a subsequent brain CT angiography showed a subarachnoid haemorrhage and a 3.8 mm (height) × 5.2 mm (width) basilar tip aneurysm respectively. Surgical clipping of the aneurysm was indicated but due to multiple technical barriers, surgery was delayed and the patient underwent surgery after the critical vasospasm period. The patient developed a hospital acquired pneumonia after surgery and was successfully treated with antibiotics. Since her discharge, she has been asymptomatic. We sought to report this case of a basilar apex aneurysm successfully occluded with non-ferromagnetic SUGITA clips and to share our experience of clipping these lesions through the frontotemporal approach. The patient was informed that non identifying information from the case would be submitted for publication, and she provided consent.

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Kakou, M. , Mbende, A. , Kouakou, F. and Doua, P. (2017) Surgical Clipping of a Basilar Tip Aneurysm: Case Report and Literature Review. Open Journal of Modern Neurosurgery, 7, 55-64. doi: 10.4236/ojmn.2017.73007.
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