Contrast-enhanced mra of cerebral vessels: arterial aneurysm of the middle meningeal artery (case)

The article presents clinical case of diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of medium meningeal artery aneurysm. Data showed high efficacy of contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) with a 3D fast field echo (3DFFE) in establishing diagnosis of cerebrovascular disease. The present clinical case especially clearly demonstrated the imaging capabilities and limitations of the diagnostic techniques based on low-field-strength mRi, multi-slice computed tomography angiography (MSCTA), high-field-strength MRI, contrast-free 3D ft'me-of-flight (3DTOF) MRA, and contrast-enhanced 3DFFE MrA compared with the method of digital subtraction angiography (DSA) and complete physical and X-ray examination.