Multiple aneurysms on the subarcuate artery arising from the anterior inferior cerebellar artery in a patient with a Borden type I transverse-sigmoid dural arteriovenous fistula manifesting as subarachnoid hemorrhage: A case report

Abstract

Background

Peripheral anterior inferior cerebellar artery (AICA) aneurysms are rare and commonly associated with vascular malformations, such as cerebellar arteriovenous malformations (AVMs). We present a case wherein multiple AICA feeding aneurysms on the subarcuate artery as a feeding artery of a Borden type I transverse-sigmoid dural arteriovenous fistula (dAVF) manifested as subarachnoid hemorrhage.

Case description

A 67-year-old woman presented with acute severe headache. Brain computed tomography (CT) demonstrated subarachnoid hemorrhage mainly in the posterior fossa. A transverse-sigmoid dAVF was detected on magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) and three-dimensional-CT angiography (3D-CTA), with no cortical venous reflex. The patient underwent conventional angiography, which showed multiple aneurysms on a small branch of the AICA, feeding a transverse-sigmoid dAVF (Borden type I). The AICA aneurysms seemed flow dependent and ruptured owing to high-flow arteriovenous shunts through the dAVF. Based on the source images of the MRA, the small artery arising from the AICA was considered the subarcuate artery, and it was confirmed on 3D-CTA after the artery was successfully embolized with Onyx without any complications. Multiple aneurysms on the subarcuate artery are extremely rare, and the artery has not been identified as a feeding artery of the transverse-sigmoid dAVF.

Conclusion

A rare case of multiple ruptured aneurysms on the subarcuate artery was reported in a patient with a Borden type I dAVF at the transverse-sigmoid sinuses manifesting as subarachnoid hemorrhage. Onyx embolization of the parent artery occlusion was feasible and useful in treating this type of feeding artery aneurysm of the AICA with a dAVF.

Keywords

Anterior inferior cerebellar artery aneurysm subarcuate artery dural arteriovenous fistula Onyx embolization parent artery occlusion

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