Giant multilocular fusiform aneurysm of the posterior cerebral artery. Report of a case treated by parent artery occlusion together with intra- aneurysmal embolisation

Interventional Neuroradiology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 319-324

  Kon, H ^a   Ezura, M ^a   Takahashi, A ^b   Yoshimoto, T ^b  

^a Konan Hospital   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Embolisation; Giant aneurysm; Guglielmi detachable coil; Occlusion test; Posterior cerebral artery

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BALLOON; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

EID: 0031408342     PISSN: 11239344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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