Stretched platinum coil during cerebral aneurysm embolization after direct carotid puncture: two case reports.
We describe two cases of coil unraveling that occurred during cerebral aneurysm embolization after direct carotid puncture. The unraveled coil was stretched and buried in the subcutaneous part of the neck. No immediate or long-term complication was observed.
Sedat
J
J
Unité de Neuroradiologie interventionnelle, CHU Nice, France. jsedat@yahoo.fr
Chau
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Y
Litrico
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S
Rasandrarijao
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D
Lonjon
M
M
Paquis
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P
D000368:Aged; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000601:surgery; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002536:Cerebral Arteries; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck; D010984:Platinum; D011677:Punctures
D010984:Platinum