title: Staged treatment of a blood blister-like aneurysm with stent-assisted coiling followed by flow diverter in-stent insertion. A case report.
abstract: Blood blister-like aneurysms (BBLA) are rare lesions sometimes difficult to recognize and in most cases associated with diffuse subarachnoid haemorrhage and severe clinical conditions. BBLA are life-threatening because they tend to enlarge rapidly and to rebleed, and no consensus has so far been reached on the best management strategy. We describe a patient with a BBLA in the right ICA treated successful by a two-stage embolization procedure first with coils and an open cell stent (Neuroform 3) and later by further coil placement and insertion of a flow-diverting stent (Silk).
authors: Neuroradiology Department, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy. ciro.princiotta@gmail.com
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Princiotta
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Dall'olio
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Cirillo
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Leonardi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002548:Cerebral Revascularization / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D015607:Stents