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American Journal of Neuroradiology 28:1401-1402, August 2007
DOI 10.3174/ajnr.A0550
© 2007 American Society of Neuroradiology

Case Report
INTERVENTIONAL

Severe Inflammatory Reaction of the Optic System after Endovascular Treatment of a Supraophthalmic Aneurysm with Bioactive Coils

C.P. Strackea, T. Kringsc, W. Möller-Hartmanna, A. Mahdavib and N. Klugb

a Department of Radiology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
b Department of Neurosurgery, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
c Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

Please address correspondence to: C.P. Stracke, MD, Department of Radiology, University of Cologne, Joseph-Stelzmann-Str 9, 50924 Cologne, Germany; e-mail: strackenpaul{at}aol.com

SUMMARY: We report on a patient who, after a symptom-free interval, developed severe vision impairment and whose MR imaging demonstrated extensive edema in the central nervous tissue neighboring the treated aneurysm. To our knowledge, this is an unreported complication of endovascular treatment of aneurysms.




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