Abstract
Background
Posterior communicating artery (PcomA) aneurysm can be classified into sidewall or bifurcation types based on the anatomical variation of fetal-type posterior cerebral artery (fPCA). The aims of this study were to investigate the significance of fPCA as an independent risk factor for the rupture of PcomA aneurysm and to evaluate other associated morphological and clinical risk factors.
Methods
We retrospectively reviewed clinical and radiological findings of 255 patients with PcomA aneurysms, which were treated in a single tertiary institute between January 2009 and December 2016. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to evaluate the associations between morphological and clinical variables and rupture status. Subgroup analysis was also performed based on the aneurysms with and without fPCA.
Results
Fifty-five out of 255 PcomA aneurysms (21.6%) were associated with fPCA. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that the superior direction of aneurysm dome (OR 9.106, p = 0.007), the presence of a bleb (OR 4.780, p < 0.001), a high aspect ratio (OR 1.878, p = 0.045), and fPCA (2.101, p = 0.040) were significantly associated with PcomA aneurysm rupture. In the fPCA group, only the presence of a bleb varied significantly between ruptured and unruptured PcomA aneurysms. However, in the non-fPCA group, larger aneurysms, the superior direction of dome, the presence of a bleb, and a high aspect and dome-to-neck ratio were significantly higher in the ruptured aneurysm group than in the unruptured aneurysm group.
Conclusions
The results demonstrate that fPCA may be an independent risk factor for rupture, especially together with the presence of a bleb.
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Xu, Z., Kim, B.S., Lee, K.S. et al. Morphological and clinical risk factors for the rupture of posterior communicating artery aneurysms: significance of fetal-type posterior cerebral artery. Neurol Sci 40, 2377–2382 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-019-03991-4
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