Complete spontaneous thrombosis of a giant intracranial aneurysm.
In a 23-year-old woman CT demonstrated a patent giant intracranial aneurysm. MRI, CT and angiography one month later demonstrated complete spontaneous thrombosis of the aneurysm. The diagnosis was confirmed surgically and pathologically. This case demonstrates that a normal angiogram can be associated with a thrombosed giant aneurysm, and that this diagnosis should be considered in cases of angiographically-occult cerebral vascular malformations.
Gerber
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Department of Neuroradiology, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France.
Dormont
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Sahel
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Grob
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Foncin
J F
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Marsault
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D000328:Adult; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002542:Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed