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Table 1 Reports of giant aneurysms of distal posterior inferior cerebellar artery a

From: Giant aneurysm of distal posterior inferior cerebellar artery: a case report and review of the literature

Reports

Number of cases

Age/sex

Presenting symptoms

Treatments

Outcomes

Hoeoek et al., 1963 [14]

1

50/F

PFS

Trapping

Death

Miller and Newton, 1978 [7]

1

61/F

PFS

NR

NR

Yoshii et al., 1979 [5]

1

72/F

PFS

Clipping

Good

Egashira et al., 1979 [6]

1

NR

PFS

Clipping

NR

Osenbach et al., 1986 [10]

1

NR

Ocular bobbing

Clipping

NR

Batjer, 1986 [9]

2

NR

Hemorrhage

Trapping in both cases

Good

Kusuno et al., 1986 [8]

3

37 to 66/2 M, 1 F

NR

Proximal ligation

Good

Dernbach et al., 1988 [1]

1

47/M

Asymptomatic

Clipping

Good

Osenbach, 1989 [11]

1

11 months/M

PFS

Clipping

Good

Richmond and Schmidt, 1993 [12]

1

67/M

FMS

Clipping

Good

Hamada et al., 1996 [13]

1

69/F

Ataxia

Clipping + anastomosis (SO)

Good

Drake and Peerless, 1997 [3]

1

70/F

NR

Trapping

Excellent

Lewis et al., 1997 [2]

1

52/M

Headache

Clipping + anastomosis (SO)

Good

Lim et al., 2008 [4]

1

64/F

Headache, hemiparesis

Clipping(SO)

Good

Present case

1

74/F

Headache

Clipping(SO)

Good

  1. aFMS, Foramen magnum syndrome; NR, Not reported; PFS, Posterior fossa syndrome; SO, Suboccipital craniectomy.