Endovascular treatment of a saccular aneurysm associated with fenestrated basilar artery and proximal stenosis of vertebral artery origin - A treatment challenge

Abstract

A 52-year-old woman had subarachnoid haemorrhage due to an aneurysm at a fenestration of the vertebrobasilar artery junction. The fenestration and aneurysm filled by the dominant left vertebral artery (VA). The left VA had a tight stenosis at its origin from the left subclavian artery. The patient underwent a stent-assisted coiling of the aneurysm after balloon dilatation of the proximal stenosis. The management of this unusual and rare entity is discussed. The relevant literature on the subject is presented.