Endovascular therapy for posterior communicating artery-infundibular dilatation aneurysms

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this study was to explore the effect of endovascular therapy on posterior communicating artery-infundibular dilatation aneurysms. Methods: A total of 15 patients with ruptured aneurysms caused by posterior communicating artery-infundibular dilatation who were treated in our neurosurgical center from January 2015 to December 2018were included in this study. They were performed with bilateral internal carotid angiography and vertebral angiography and treated with endovascular method. The modified Rankin Scale (mRS) was used for clinical follow-up for 18 months. Results: There were 10 patients in the posterior communicating artery-infundibular dilatation aneurysms with non-fetal posterior cerebral artery. Among them, 8 patients were treated with coil-alone embolization. Immediate imaging showed infundibular dilation residual in 6 cases and no contrast filling in either infundibular dilation or aneurysm in 2 case. Another 2 were treated with stent-assisted coiling embolization, and immediate imaging showed no contrast filling. Of the 5 patients in posterior communicating artery-infundibular dilatation aneurysms with fetal posterior cerebral artery, 4 were only coiled in the aneurysm sack with contrast filling in infundibular cones, and 2 were treated with stent assisted coiling. Among the 10 patients with non-fetal posterior cerebral artery, 3 showed recurrence, 4 showed stable images, 2 were also stable with no contrast filling in infundibular dilation or aneurysm and 1 was lost to follow-up. Among the 5 patients with fetal posterior cerebral artery, 1 showed stable images, 3 showed recurrence and 1 was lost to follow-up. Conclusions: For posterior communicating artery-infundibular dilatation aneurysms with non-fetal posterior cerebral artery, stent-assisted coiling of aneurysm embolization combined with occlusion of cones is effective to prevent or reduce recurrence.