Background: To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first report of a traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the basilar artery presenting with epistaxis. Case study: This study reports a rare case in which a patient suffered from fatal epistaxis because of a pseudoaneurysm of basilar artery and fracture of skull base after a motorcycle accident. Clinical manifestation, diagnostic imaging and endovascular treatment are described. Formation mechanisms and the treatment of traumatic pseudoaneurysm of basilar artery are discussed.
基金：
National Science Foundation of ChinaNational Natural Science Foundation of China [30772234, 81171079, 81220108007]; High-Level Health Technique Talent Training Plan of Beijing Health System [2009-3-22]
第一作者机构：[1]Capital Med Univ, Beijing Chaoyang Hosp, Dept Neurosurg, Beijing, Peoples R China;
通讯作者：
通讯机构：[2]Beijing Tiantan Hosp, Dept Intervent Neuroradiol, Beijing Neurosurg Inst, Beijing 100050, Peoples R China;[3]Beijing Tiantan Hosp, Beijing Neurosurg Inst, Tiantan Xili 6, Beijing 100050, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714)：
Li Tong,Zhang Yisen,Gu Zheng,et al.Traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the basilar artery presenting with fatal epistaxis: A rare case report[J].BRAIN INJURY.2013,27(11):1316-1319.doi:10.3109/02699052.2013.812242.
APA：
Li, Tong,Zhang, Yisen,Gu, Zheng,Ma, Xiangke&Yang, Xijian.(2013).Traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the basilar artery presenting with fatal epistaxis: A rare case report.BRAIN INJURY,27,(11)
MLA：
Li, Tong,et al."Traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the basilar artery presenting with fatal epistaxis: A rare case report".BRAIN INJURY 27..11(2013):1316-1319
