Leo stent-assisted coil embolization of a giant middle cerebral artery aneurysm

J Neuroimaging. 2008 Jul;18(3):332-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2007.00221.x.

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).

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Alloys
  • Embolization, Therapeutic / instrumentation*
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / therapy*
  • Male
  • Middle Cerebral Artery*
  • Prosthesis Design
  • Stents*

Substances

  • Alloys
  • nitinol