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Review
. 2006 Jul 29;333(7561):235-40.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7561.235.

Subarachnoid haemorrhage

Rustam Al-Shahi  1 , Philip M White, Richard J Davenport, Kenneth W Lindsay
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Review

Subarachnoid haemorrhage

Rustam Al-Shahi et al. BMJ. .
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Fig 1
Fig 1
(A) Subarachnoid haemorrhage from right posterior communicating artery aneurysm with hyperdense or isodense blood in anterior and posterior basal cisterns (arrow). (B) Blood in prepontine cistern (arrow). (C) Blood in anterior interhemispheric fissure (arrow). (D) Blood sedimenting in occipital horns of lateral ventricles (arrows)
Fig 2
Fig 2
Volume rendered computed tomography angiogram, viewed from posterior to anterior, showing a 20 mm diameter aneurysm (solid arrow) at tip of basilar artery (BA) anda6mm diameter aneurysm (dashed arrow) on the left posterior communicating artery. MCA=left middle cerebral artery; VA=left vertebral artery; AT=atlas (C1); AX=odontoid process of axis (C2)
Fig 3
Fig 3
Digital subtraction catheter angiography (internal carotid artery injection) showing a ruptured anterior communicating artery aneurysm (A, arrow) treated with endovascular coiling (B, arrow)
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