Endovascular treatment using woven stents for ruptured vertebral artery dissecting aneurysm induced by varicella zoster virus: case report

Abstract

Subarachnoid hemorrhage with ruptured cerebral artery dissection caused by varicella zoster (VZ) vasculopathy is rare. We report a rare case of vertebral artery (VA) dissection induced by VZ virus, successfully treated with stent-assisted coil embolization and systemic anti viral medication, on six month follow-up cerebral angiography with the review of literatures.

Keywords:

• Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage
• dissection
• endovascular therapy
• infection
• vertebral artery injury

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