title: Rupture of aneurysms following balloon embolization.
abstract: Three cases of complex aneurysms are presented in which balloon embolization therapy was associated with subsequent aneurysmal rupture, causing subarachnoid hemorrhage in two cases and a carotid-cavernous fistula in one. Two of these patients were treated directly by balloon embolization following surgical exploration. The third patient developed the fistula during postembolization volume expansion and heparinization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Hodes
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Fox
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Pelz
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Peerless
mesh_terms: D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000209:etiology; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D002404:Catheterization; D002426:Cavernous Sinus; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012086:Reoperation; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery