Posterior cerebral artery-posterior communicating artery (PCA-PComA) aneurysms: report of five cases and literature review

Neurol India. 2012 Mar-Apr;60(2):228-30. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.96409.

Abstract

Posterior cerebral artery-posterior communicating artery aneurysms are rare and not well documented. In this article, we report five such cases and review four similar cases by searching the PubMed database through the years 1980-2011 to study the occurrence and treatment of this rare entity.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Cerebral Angiography*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging*
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / therapy
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Posterior Cerebral Artery / diagnostic imaging*