Jawad Tadili^1*, Nabil Moatassim Billah², Meryem Fikri³, Moulay Rachid El Hassani³, Ittimad Nassar², Ali Kettani¹, Mamoun Faroudi¹

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¹ Mohammed V University, Emergency and Intensive Care Unit, Ibn Sina Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
² Mohammed V University, Central Radiology, Ibn Sina Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
³ Mohammed V University, Neuroradiology Service, Specialties Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
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Abstract: The posterior meningeal artery (PMA) usually originates from the third segment of the vertebral artery. Many variations in its origin and course have been observed; however, as far as we know, the association of true aneurysm of the PMA and its anomalous origin from the internal carotid artery has not been reported previously. We reported the case of a 59-year-old woman who suddenly presented a loss of consciousness without head trauma, computed tomography (CT) revelated intracerebellous hematoma associated with a subarachnoid hemorrhage of the posterior cerebral fossa. Cerebral angiography demonstrated a true aneurysm of the PMA which originated from the internal carotid artery.

Keywords: Non Traumatic True Aneurysm, Posterior Meningeal Artery (PMA), Internal Carotid Artery, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Intracerebellar Hematoma

Cite this paper: Tadili, J. , Billah, N. , Fikri, M. , El Hassani, M. , Nassar, I. , Kettani, A. and Faroudi, M. (2016) Rupture of a True Aneurysm of the Posterior Meningeal Artery at Its Anomalous Origin from the Internal Carotid Artery: Case Report. Open Journal of Clinical Diagnostics, 6, 36-41. doi: 10.4236/ojcd.2016.63007.

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