Blister-like aneurysms of the anterior communicating artery: A retrospective review of diagnosis and treatment in five patients

Neurosurgery

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 807-811

  Andaluz, Norberto ^a   Zuccarello, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Anterior communicating artery; Blister like aneurysm; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEURYSM CLIP; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ANTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BLISTER; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM RUPTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASOSPASM; ADOLESCENT; CASE REPORT; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLISTER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 48949119537     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000318164.44601.09     Document Type: Article

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