Treatment of an intracranial aneurysm using a new three-dimensional-shape Guglielmi detachable coil: technical case report.
OBJECTIVE
Coil embolization of wide-necked aneurysms is currently difficult, when using a conventional endovascular approach without resorting to complex adjunctive techniques.


METHODS
A 41-year-old woman with a history of systemic lupus erythematosus and hypertension refractory to treatment presented with an unruptured right ophthalmic segment aneurysm of the internal carotid artery having an unfavorable neck-to-fundus ratio.


METHODS
A new type of Guglielmi detachable coil (Target Therapeutics, Fremont, CA), consisting of a series of omega loops, spontaneously forms a three-dimensional cage after deployment and was used to successfully treat the aneurysm, which was angiographically stable at the 3-month follow-up.


CONCLUSIONS
The new Guglielmi detachable coil may be useful in the embolization of aneurysms having an unfavorable geometry, which would otherwise not be amenable to endovascular treatment without adjunctive techniques.
Malek
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Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco 94143, USA.
Higashida
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Phatouros
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Dowd
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Halbach
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D000328:Adult; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome