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Case Reports
. 2014 Oct-Dec;9(4):244.
doi: 10.4103/1793-5482.146658.

Recurrent artery of Heubner aneurysm

Yagnesh Vellore  1 , Anoop Madan  2 , Peter Yin Kai Hwang  1
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Case Reports

Recurrent artery of Heubner aneurysm

Yagnesh Vellore et al. Asian J Neurosurg. 2014 Oct-Dec.

Abstract

True Recurrent artery of Heubner (RAH) aneurysms are extremely rare and only three cases have been reported in the literature. We report a case of RAH aneurysm in a patient with World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies grade one subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), detected only on delayed cerebral angiography. We propose that an aneurysm in this location should be considered in the differential diagnosis of angiogram-negative SAH, and all vascular imaging studies be carefully scrutinized for RAH aneurysm.

Keywords: Aneurysm; Heubner; subarachnoid hemorrhage.

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Conflict of Interest: None declared.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Cerebral angiogram demonstrating the aneurysm (solid arrow)
Figure 2
Figure 2
3D rotation angiogram demonstrating the aneurysm (solid arrow)
Figure 3
Figure 3
Intra-operative photograph of recurrent artery of Heubner aneurysm, M = middle cerebral artery; A = Anterior cerebral artery; R = Recurrent artery of Heubner; * = Aneurysm; L = Lenticulostriate
Figure 4
Figure 4
Intra-operative photograph post clipping of aneurysm, M = Middle cerebral artery; A = Anterior cerebral artery; R = Recurrent artery of Heubner; # = Clipped aneurysm
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