Intracranial pseudoaneurysm due to rupture of a saccular aneurysm mimicking a large partially thrombosed aneurysm ("ghost aneurysm"): Radiological findings and therapeutic implications in two cases

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 289-293

  Mori, Kentaro ^a   Kasuga, Chinatsu ^a   Nakao, Yasuaki ^a   Yamamoto, Takuji ^a   Maeda, Minoru ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SHIZUOKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Pseudoaneurysm; Ruptured saccular aneurysm

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANEURYSM CLIP; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ANEURYSM THROMBOSIS; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN VENTRICLE HEMATOMA; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; GHOST ANEURYSM; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; INTRACRANIAL FALSE ANEURYSM; NEURORADIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; RUPTURED SACCULAR ANEURYSM; SACCULAR ANEURYSM; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; THROMBOSIS;

AGED; ANEURYSM, FALSE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; INTRACRANIAL THROMBOSIS;

EID: 5344228691     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-004-0336-7     Document Type: Article

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