Delayed migration of a self-expanding intracranial microstent

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2008 Nov;29(10):1959-60. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A1224. Epub 2008 Aug 21.

Abstract

A 43-year-old patient with a basilar apex aneurysm had a 4.5-mm x 14-mm Enterprise stent placed from the midbasilar artery to the left P1 segment of the posterior cerebral artery. The patient experienced vertigo 4 months after stent placement and 1 week after stopping clopidogrel. At 5 months postembolization, angiography showed stent migration into the proximal basilar artery. This is the first described case of the spontaneous delayed migration of a self-expanding intracranial microstent.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis / adverse effects*
  • Equipment Failure
  • Female
  • Foreign-Body Migration / diagnostic imaging*
  • Foreign-Body Migration / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / complications
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging*
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / surgery*
  • Miniaturization
  • Radiography
  • Stents / adverse effects*
  • Time Factors