Internal Carotid Aneurysms Presenting with Mass Effect Symptoms of Cranial Nerve Dysfunction: Efficacy and Limitations of Endosaccular Embolization with GDC

Radiation Medicine - Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 80-85

  Kazekawa, Kiyoshi ^a,b   Tsutsumi, Masanori ^a   Aikawa, Hiroshi ^a   Iko, Minoru ^a   Kodama, Tomonobu ^a   Go, Yoshinori ^a   Tanaka, Akira ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Fukuoka University Chikushi Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Embolization; Internal carotid aneurysm; Mass effect, guglielmi detachable coil (GDC)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COIL EMBOLIZATION; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM; MALE; OPHTHALMIC ARTERY; RECANALIZATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SYMPTOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; CRANIAL NERVES; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0344826010     PISSN: 02882043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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