Long-Term 3T MR Angiography Follow-Up after Therapeutic Occlusion of the Internal Carotid Artery to Detect Possible de Novo Aneurysm Formation
A.N. de Gasta,
M.E. Sprengersb,
W.J. van Rooija,
C. Lavinib,
M. Sluzewskia and
C.B. Majoieb
a Department of Radiology, St. Elisabeth Ziekenhuis, Tilburg, the Netherlands
b Department of Radiology, Academisch Medisch Centrum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

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Fig 1. A, Additional 1.7-mm anterior communicating artery aneurysm (arrow) in a 71-year-old woman with a giant right cavernous sinus aneurysm treated with carotid artery occlusion.
B, MRA 28 months after carotid artery occlusion demonstrates unchanged size (arrow).
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Fig 2. A, Left internal carotid angiogram at the time of right internal carotid artery occlusion for a giant ophthalmic aneurysm in a 43-year-old woman shows additional small mirror ophthalmic aneurysm with a wide neck (arrow).
B, MRA maximum-intensity-projection image after 27 months demonstrates unchanged size (arrow).
C, MRA source image after 27 months demonstrates unchanged size (arrow).
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