Table 1.

Overview of studies included in the literature review

Authors	Age	Sex	Presentation	Size	Location	Origin of the trunk	in of Type of treatment	Occlusion
Ebara et al. [12]	62	F	SAH	Small	Distal	BA	Surgical – Midline suboccipital craniotomy and clipping	Complete
Baskaya et al. [7]	44	F	SAH	Small	Distal	BA	Surgical – Midline suboccipital craniotomy and clipping	Complete
Gopalakrishnan et al. [18]	68	F	SAH	Small	Distal	BA	Surgical – Midline suboccipital craniotomy and clipping	Complete
	63	F	SAH	Small	Distal	BA	Surgical – Retrosigmoidal craniotomy and clipping	Complete
Suh et al. [39]	67	F	SAH	Small	Proximal	NA	Endovascular – Coiling	Partial
	71	F	SAH	Small	Proximal	NA	Endovascular – Coiling	Complete
	66	F	Incidental finding	Small	Proximal	NA	Endovascular – Stent assisted coiling	Complete
	72	F	Incidental finding	Small	Proximal	NA	Endovascular – Stent assisted coiling	Partial
	46	F	SAH	Large	Proximal	NA	Endovascular – Stent assisted coiling	Complete
Ooigawa et al. [32]	42	M	Mass effect leading to cranial nerve deficit	Giant	Distal	BA	Endovascular – Coiling + Surgical – Thrombectomy	Complete
Ansari et al. [2]	26	F	Mass effect leading to cranial nerve deficit	Large	Proximal	VA	Surgical – Retrosigmoidal craniotomy and clipping	Complete
Current case report	39	M	Cranial nerve deficit	Small	Proximal	BA	Endovascular – Flow diversion with PED with Shield Technology	Partial

BA, basilar artery; VA, vertebral artery