title: Retrieval of a migrated detachable coil--case report.
abstract: A 74-year-old female presented with intraventricular and subarachnoid hemorrhage due to probable rupture of a basilar artery (BA) aneurysm or a superior cerebellar artery (SCA) aneurysm. She was treated by endovascular therapy using detachable coils through the BA. The BA aneurysm was completely occluded, but part of a coil migrated into the BA from the SCA aneurysm during the procedure. The migrated coil was retrieved using a snare type endovascular retrieving device. The snare loop required concentric closure around the coil by simultaneous pulling of the corewire and a slight forward movement of the tip of the snare catheter. The SCA aneurysm was successfully occluded 1 week later using a shorter coil.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hirano
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mizukawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kamada
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Okamura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ishii
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001488:Basilar Artery / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000503:physiopathology*