Fibromuscular Dysplasia (FMD) Presenting as Intraventricular and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Journal Title: Clinical Radiology & Imaging Journal - Year 2017, Vol 1, Issue 3
Abstract
A 40 year old woman was found unresponsive in the seat of a forklift. Initial noncontrast CT imaging showed intraventricular and subarachnoid hemorrhage. Subsequently obtained CTA and MRA of the head showed a 4 mm right Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery (PICA) aneurysm and severe stenosis of the right internal carotid artery. Rupture of the right PICA aneurysm was thought to be the cause of the intraventricular and subarachnoid hemorrhage. The cause of the significant long segment narrowing of the right Internal Carotid Artery (ICA) remained of uncertain etiology because no neck angiographic imaging had been performed to this point. Conventional four vessel angiography was then performed, which showed a tapered cutoff of the proximal right ICA, just distal to the bulb, compatible with an occlusive dissection. Also, the conventional angiogram demonstrated a beaded appearance of the cervical segment of the left internal carotid artery. The right PICA aneurysm was also confirmed on the convention angiogram. Overall, the constellation of findings is consistent with fibromuscular dysplasia presenting as intraventricular and subarachnoid hemorrhage. In addition to the characteristic beaded appearance of a cervical segment of an internal carotid artery (left side in our case), our case also demonstrates the less common, although important, associated abnormalities seen with FMD, specifically, a cervical segment ICA dissection (right sided in our case) and intracranial aneurysm (ruptured right PICA aneurysm in our case).
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Jacolby Short
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