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Figure 3


Fig 3. A 62-year-old man with a ruptured wide-neck basilar tip aneurysm (size: 10 x 9 x 8 mm; neck: 6 mm).

A and B, Frontal and lateral views, respectively.

C and D, Control angiography after complete coiling (packing density: 34.4%).

E (right oblique view) and F, 8-month follow-up angiography and recanalization of the posterior, right lateral aspect of the aneurysm corresponding with the maximum hydrodynamic impingement zone in the main axis of the basilar artery; a coil compaction is noted (arrows).

G and H Control angiography after recoiling.