Giant serpentine aneurysms: a review and presentation of five cases

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 1995 May;16(5):1061-72.

Abstract

We present five cases of giant serpentine aneurysms (large, partially thrombosed aneurysms containing tortuous vascular channels with a separate entrance and outflow pathway) and review 28 cases reported in the literature. Giant serpentine aneurysms should be considered as a subgroup of giant aneurysms, distinct from saccular and fusiform varieties, given their unique clinical presentation and radiographic features.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Brain / blood supply
  • Cerebral Angiography*
  • Cerebral Revascularization
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Dominance, Cerebral / physiology
  • Embolization, Therapeutic / methods*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / diagnosis*
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / therapy
  • Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / diagnosis
  • Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / therapy
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Male
  • Neurologic Examination
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*