Endovascular Treatment of a Giant Intracranial Aneurysm with a Stent-Graft
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CASE REPORT
A 40-year-old woman was referred to our center with progressive diplopia of 3 months' duration resulting from palsy of the IV and VI cranial nerves. Magnetic resonance (MR) findings suggested a giant aneurysm at the level of the cavernous sinus. Neurologic examination confirmed complete dysfunction of the IV and VI cranial nerves, with no other neurologic alterations. Cranial MR and MR angiography revealed a nonthrombosed giant aneurysm at the level of the right cavernous sinus, producing
DISCUSSION
New devices developed in recent years have converted previously untreatable aneurysms into low-risk, treatable aneurysms. The balloon-assisted technique has proved to be a feasible, safe tool for managing broadnecked aneurysms (1), and the recent use of liquid agents associated with balloons or stents has also provided an effective means for treating these otherwise extremely difficult or untreatable aneurysms (2).
It is important not only to occlude a wide-necked aneurysm, but also to try to
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