Vertebral artery aneurysm--a unique hazard of head banging by heavy metal rockers. Case report

Author(s): Page, L. K., David, C.

Journal/Book: Pediatr Neurosurg. 1991; 17: 135-8 1016-2291.

Abstract: A 15-year-old drummer in a neighborhood rock music band suffered a traumatic true aneurysm of the cervical vertebral artery from violent head and neck motion. He underwent excision of the aneurysm after distal and proximal ligation of the artery. He is neurologically normal 1 year after surgery. The mechanisms of injury caused by extremes of cervical motion, as well as 5 previously reported cases of extracranial vertebral artery aneurysm from closed trauma, are discussed. Excision of vertebral artery aneurysms in patients with emboli from a mural thrombus is recommended. The consequences of vertebral artery ligation and the indications for distal reconstruction are discussed.

Keyword(s): Adolescence ; Cerebral Aneurysm surgery; Cerebral Angiography; Cerebral Embolism and Thrombosis etiology; Cerebral Embolism and Thrombosis surgery; Head Injuries, Closed surgery; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Neurologic Examination; Vertebral Artery surgery Cerebral Aneurysm etiology; Head Injuries, Closed etiology; Music ; Vertebral Artery injuries Case Report; Human; Male

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