OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE: To report the treatment of a symptomatic giant basilar artery aneurysm in a child. CLINICAL PRESENTATION: A 7-year-old girl presented with a 2-month history of progressive right hemiparesis caused by a huge fusiform aneurysm of the basilar artery with compression of the brainstem. INTERVENTION OR TECHNIQUE: The patient was treated with a bridging bare stent and occlusion of the stent lumen with detachable coils. CONCLUSION: The patient experienced immediate total occlusion of the aneurysm with almost total recuperation after 1 year.
OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE: To report the treatment of a symptomatic giant basilar artery aneurysm in a child. CLINICAL PRESENTATION: A 7-year-old girl presented with a 2-month history of progressive right hemiparesis caused by a huge fusiform aneurysm of the basilar artery with compression of the brainstem. INTERVENTION OR TECHNIQUE: The patient was treated with a bridging bare stent and occlusion of the stent lumen with detachable coils. CONCLUSION: The patient experienced immediate total occlusion of the aneurysm with almost total recuperation after 1 year.