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Case series
Treatment failure of fetal posterior communicating artery aneurysms with the pipeline embolization device
  1. Peter Kan1,
  2. Edward Duckworth1,
  3. Ajit Puri2,
  4. Greg Velat1,
  5. Ajay Wakhloo2
  1. 1Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
  2. 2Department of Radiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
  1. Correspondence to Dr P Kan, Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, 7200 Cambridge St, Suite 9A, Houston, Texas 77030; peter.kan{at}bcm.edu

Abstract

Aneurysms that involve the internal carotid artery and posterior communicating artery junction and incorporate a fetal posterior cerebral artery are known as fetal posterior communicating artery aneurysms. We report the outcomes of four patients with fetal posterior communicating artery aneurysms who underwent treatment with the pipeline embolization device with or without adjunctive coil embolization. In our study, all four patients failed to achieve aneurysm occlusion at the last follow-up evaluation. Based on our results, we currently do not recommend the use of the flow diverter for the treatment of fetal posterior communicating artery aneurysms.

  • Aneurysm
  • Artery
  • Flow Diverter

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