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Microsurgical Clip Obliteration of Middle Cerebral Aneurysm Using Intraoperative Flow Assessment
Published on: September 25, 2009
Compressive optic neuropathy caused by a flow-diverter-occluded-but-still-growing supraclinoid internal carotid
Yuang-Seng Tsuei1,2,3,4, Yun-Yen Fu1, Wen-Hsien Chen5,6,7
11Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
Background:
Flow diverter stenting is an effective treatment for large proximal internal carotid artery (ICA) aneurysms. Cranial neuropathy caused by the mass effect of the aneurysm usually subsides over time. However, a new onset of compressive optic neuropathy after successful flow diverter stenting of a large proximal ICA aneurysm is seldom reported.
Observations:
A 57-year-old woman had a right supraclinoid ICA aneurysm (approximately 17 mm) on magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) in a health checkup. She received intervention with the Pipeline embolization device. Six months later, she started to experience progressive hemianopia in the left half of the visual field. Nine months after stenting, MRA showed that the aneurysm was growing and causing mass effect, but digital subtraction angiography confirmed that the aneurysm was completely excluded from the circulation. She received a craniotomy for microsurgical decompression of the optic nerve and coagulation shrinkage of the aneurysm. Clipping and thrombectomy were not attempted. Her visual fields recovered gradually. Follow-up MRA showed that the aneurysm also diminished in size.
Lessons:
Whether the coagulation technique of the flow-diverter-occluded aneurysm alone is enough to cause satisfactory shrinkage and interaction between the flow diverter and the aneurysmal vasa vasorum/neointima formation should be further examined.
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