A 63-year-old woman presented with a ruptured aneurysm which apparently spontaneously thrombosed. She was admitted after sudden onset of severe headache. Computed tomography (CT) demonstrated subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) in the pontine and interpeduncular cisterns.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 35-year-old female developed a subarachnoid hemorrhage from an aneurysm located at the fenestration of the vertebrobasilar (VB) junction. The patient was treated with Guglielmi detachable coils (GDCs). The aneurysm was successfully occluded using 8 coils despite the fact that 2 major complications occurred during the procedure: perforation of the aneurysm with a coil and thrombosis of the parent artery.
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December 2005
A 59-year-old woman with type IIA von Willebrand's disease (VWD) presented with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Computed tomography showed SAH in the right sylvian fissure and intracranial hemorrhage in the right temporal lobe. Angiography demonstrated an aneurysm at the bifurcation of the right middle cerebral artery.
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December 2003
A 66-year-old man presented with clival chordoma associated with subarachnoid hemorrhage. Computed tomography showed subarachnoid hemorrhage in the right ambient cistern and a well-enhanced tumor in the petroclival region. Surgical exploration performed on the day of admission showed a clot in the tumor.
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