fig 4.

Parent artery occlusion of a giant serpentine aneurysm of the PCA complicated by cerebral infarction in the distal arterial territory.

A, Axial T2-weighted MR image of the head showing a giant serpentine aneurysm of the P2/P3 segments of the left PCA.

B, Towne's view of a left vertebral angiogram showing the serpentine nature of the giant aneurysm, which involves the P2 and P3 segments of the left PCA.

C, Subtracted Towne's view of the posttreatment vertebral angiogram shows obliteration of the aneurysm and no antegrade flow in the distal branches of the left PCA. Note the retrograde flow from the cortical branches of the ipsilateral middle cerebral artery (arrows).

D, Homonymous hemianopsia and contralateral hemiparesis complicated the treatment. The posttreatment axial T2-weighted MR image shows an acute infarction in the distribution of the left PCA territory.