Abstract
A 35-year-old man sustained a subarachnoid hemorrhage due to the rupture of an anterior communicating artery aneurysm. A second angiogram taken 8 hours later demonstrated that the ruptured aneurysm had thrombosed spontaneously with a small residual aneurysm stump at the neck. CT scans and conventional angiograms taken 2 days later demonstrated recanalization of the aneurysm, which was successfully treated by endovascular coiling. This case differs from previous reports of spontaneously thrombosed ruptured aneurysms because the aneurysm recanalized within 2 days. Thus a thrombosed ruptured aneurysm has the potential for recanalization, and should be considered at risk of further hemorrhage.
Original language | American English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1077-1079 |
Journal | Journal of Clinical Neuroscience |
Volume | 16 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2009 |
Keywords
- Adult
- Aneurysm, Ruptured/pathology
- Aneurysm, Ruptured/radiography
- Aneurysm, Ruptured/therapy
- Cerebral Angiography
- Humans
- Intracranial Aneurysm/pathology
- Intracranial Aneurysm/radiography
- Intracranial Aneurysm/therapy
- Intracranial Thrombosis/pathology
- Intracranial Thrombosis/radiography
- Intracranial Thrombosis/therapy
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Male
- Risk Factors
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- Treatment Outcome