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Stent-assisted coiling of posterior inferior cerebellar artery aneurysm complicated by arterial avulsion.

E A CoraStephanos Nikolaos FinitsisJ WoulfeF EssbaiheenH AlQahtaniB DrakeH LesiukD Iancu
Published in: Interventional neuroradiology : journal of peritherapeutic neuroradiology, surgical procedures and related neurosciences (2018)
Pathological examination was performed to understand the mechanism of the rupture. The most likely mechanism was straightening of the significant vascular tortuosity, excessive tension on the vessel origin and avulsion upon advancement of the microcatheter over the microguidewire.
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