Disappearance of a small unruptured intracranial aneurysm: A case report and brief literature review.

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Title: Disappearance of a small unruptured intracranial aneurysm: A case report and brief literature review.
Authors: Begley, Sabrina L, White, Timothy G, Khilji, Hamza, Katz, Jeffrey, Dehdashti, Amir R
Source: Neuroradiology Journal; Oct2023, Vol. 36 Issue 5, p621-624, 4p
Abstract: Disappearing intracranial aneurysms are rare and have not been extensively reported in the literature. They are often small or partially thrombosed and carry a significant risk of recurrence. We discuss a unique case of a 65-year-old woman who presented in 2006 with a subarachnoid hemorrhage and was found to have a ruptured posterior communicating artery and an unruptured P1 aneurysm. Follow-up angiography and imaging showed no changes in the size of a left P1 aneurysm for 11 years (2006–2017). However, in 2021, 15 years after initial presentation, no aneurysm was seen on magnetic resonance angiography, and subsequent digital subtraction angiography in 2022 showed almost complete disappearance of the unruptured P1 aneurysm. Literature review reveals only six reported cases during which a small, unruptured anterior circulation aneurysm disappeared, or regressed on follow-up imaging and no reported cases in the posterior circulation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Database: Complementary Index
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ISSN:19714009
DOI:10.1177/19714009221150861
Published in:Neuroradiology Journal
Language:English