Fusiform Aneurysm

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The term fusiform aneurysm is used to describe an aneurysm based on its angioarchitecture1. Fusiform aneurysms are characterized by a spindle-shaped dilation of an artery. Fusiform aneurysms can be divided into two subgroups and account for approximately 5% of intracerebral aneurysms2:

Schematic illustration of a fusiform aneurysm

Simple Fusiform Aneurysm

Simple fusiform aneurysms have no branching vessel and represent a spindle-shaped arterial dilation3.

Complex Fusiform Aneurysm

Complex fusiform aneurysms have at least one branching vessel arising from the spindle-shaped vascular dilation4.

Fusiform aneurysm of the middle cerebral artery

References

    1. Pritz, Michael B. Cerebral aneurysm classification based on angioarchitecture. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases 20.2 (2011) 162-167. ↩ ↩ ↩ ↩ ↩ ↩ ↩ ↩

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