Development of De Novo Intracranial Aneurysm in Three Months: Case Report and Literature Review
M. Gisele Matheusa and
Mauricio Castilloa
a From the Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC

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FIG 1. Preoperative digital subtraction angiogram after injection of the left internal carotid artery, confirming the presence of the saccular aneurysm of the anterior communicating artery. No other aneurysms are seen.
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FIG 2. Follow-up digital subtraction angiogram of the left internal carotid artery, obtained 3 months after the preoperative angiogram. There is a well-defined sacular de novo aneurysm (arrow) in the origin of the left ophthalmic artery. A clip had been placed in the previous anterior communicating aneurysm.
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