ABBREVIATIONS AVF = arteriovenous fistula; AVM = arteriovenous malformation; PED = Pipeline embolization device; PICA = posterior inferior cerebellar artery; VA = vertebral artery.
Correspondence Howard A. Riina: NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY. howard.riina@nyumc.org.
INCLUDE WHEN CITING Published online February 8, 2019; DOI: 10.3171/2018.10.JNS182540.
Case example of a 12-year-old male patient with groin infection with antibiotic prophylaxis. Images show an unruptured left VA aneurysm with a size of 22 mm on sagittal T2-weighted MRI (A) and catheter angiography on anteroposterior (B) and lateral (C) projections before treatment and anteroposterior (D) and lateral (E) catheter angiography projections as well as sagittal T2-weighted MRI (F) after treatment with PED and coiling.
Case example of a 31-year-old male patient with groin infection without antibiotic prophylaxis. Images show a left VA dissection and small pseudoaneurysm formation on anteroposterior (A and C) and lateral (B and D) catheter angiography projections before (A and B) and after (C and D) treatment with PED.