De novo basilar top aneurysm in an elderly patient treated with Guglielmi detachable coils.
Ruptured de novo aneurysms, compared with the usual subarachnoid hemorrhage, commonly occur in younger patients and are extremely rare in elderly patients. We discuss their etiology and report the case of a ruptured de novo aneurysm in a 77-year-old woman.
Fujimoto
Kenta
K
Department of Neurosurgery, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan. kentaf@naramed-u.ac.jp
Kimura
Ryota
R
Iida
Jun-Ichi
J
Kawaguchi
Shoichiro
S
Sakaki
Toshisuke
T
Nakagawa
Hiroyuki
H
Kichikawa
Kimihiko
K
Fujita
Toyohisa
T
D000368:Aged; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000628:therapy*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000628:therapy*