Primary treatment of a blood-blister-like aneurysm of the internal carotid artery with Guglielmi detachable coil embolisation

Xenia Doorenbosch; Marguerite Harding

doi:10.1016/j.jocn.2007.08.023

Primary treatment of a blood-blister-like aneurysm of the internal carotid artery with Guglielmi detachable coil embolisation

J Clin Neurosci. 2008 Nov;15(11):1276-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2007.08.023. Epub 2008 Oct 7.

Authors

Xenia Doorenbosch¹, Marguerite Harding

Affiliation

¹ Royal Adelaide Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia. xenia@doctor.com

PMID: 18842411
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2007.08.023

Abstract

Blood-blister-like aneurysms (BBAs) are rare but challenging to treat owing to their fragile, thin walls and poorly defined necks. Studies have shown many complications related to this type of aneurysm. In particularly, other authors have reported high rates of complications arising within a few weeks of BBAs treated with primary endovascular coiling. We report a 44-year-old woman with subarachnoid haemorrhage due to a ruptured BBA to demonstrate successful primary treatment with endovascular coiling without complications or regrowth at 6-month follow up.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Angiography
Carotid Artery Diseases / complications
Carotid Artery Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Carotid Artery Diseases / pathology
Carotid Artery Diseases / therapy*
Carotid Artery, Internal*
Embolization, Therapeutic / instrumentation
Embolization, Therapeutic / methods*
Female
Humans
Imaging, Three-Dimensional / methods
Intracranial Aneurysm / complications
Intracranial Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
Intracranial Aneurysm / pathology
Intracranial Aneurysm / therapy*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
Stents
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / etiology
Surgical Instruments
Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed