[Non-aortic extracranial arterial aneurysm].

Abstract

Aortic and intracranial arterial aneurysms constitute frequent clinical entities for which sophisticated vascular surgical and interventional radiological therapeutic procedures have been established. To a much lesser extent arterial aneurysms can also occur at any other vascular site due to a large number of possible reasons. In this article we conducted a Medline search of the world literature for reports on these rare vascular disorders and summarize the most important clinical aspects on this subject. Altogether 5535 cases of non-aortic extracranial aneurysms are reviewed.