Flow diverter implantation for CTA-negative giant vertebral artery dissection aneurysm: a case report
Jun-Ting Li, Jian-Min Liu, Kai-Jun Zhao · 2025
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Jun-Ting Li, Jian-Min Liu, and Kai-Jun Zhao report the case of a 66-year-old man with a hidden tear in a neck artery, published in 2025. The man had three months of numbness on the left side of his face and slurred speech. A first scan hinted at a lump near the brain stem, yet the standard vessel scans showed nothing wrong.
More scans, using blood flow and contrast dye, at last showed a giant tear in the vertebral artery, far larger than the first lump suggested. The tear was also starving the back of the brain of blood. The team placed a flow diverter, a fine mesh tube, inside the artery to guide blood past the tear. The case shows how a dangerous lesion can hide from the usual scans and why deeper imaging matters.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Jun-Ting Li, Jian-Min Liu, Kai-Jun Zhao |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 11 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |