title: Leo stent-assisted coil embolization of a giant middle cerebral artery aneurysm.
abstract: We report a case of a 70-year-old man harboring a wide-necked thrombosed giant aneurysm of the left middle cerebral artery (MCA) on the M1 segment. The patient presented with generalized tonic-clonic seizures. A computerized tomography scan showed a calcified aneurysmal wall with perianeurysmal swelling. The aneurysm was successfully embolized using closed-cell nitinol stent-assisted coiling (Leo, BALT Co., Montmorency, France).
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Brain Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea. jyahn@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
authors.forename: Jung Yong
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.forename: Chang Ki
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Sang Hyun
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Suh
authors.forename: Jun Hyung
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Yo Shik
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Shim
authors.forename: Ji Soon
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Huh
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000497:Alloys; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D020768:Middle Cerebral Artery; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D015607:Stents
chemical_list: D000497:Alloys; C013616:nitinol