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Case Reports
. 1995 Apr;35(4):247-50.
doi: 10.2176/nmc.35.247.

Retrieval of a migrated detachable coil--case report

A Watanabe  1 , K Hirano, K Mizukawa, M Kamada, H Okamura, Y Suzuki, R Ishii
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Case Reports

Retrieval of a migrated detachable coil--case report

A Watanabe et al. Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo). 1995 Apr.
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Abstract

A 74-year-old female presented with intraventricular and subarachnoid hemorrhage due to probable rupture of a basilar artery (BA) aneurysm or a superior cerebellar artery (SCA) aneurysm. She was treated by endovascular therapy using detachable coils through the BA. The BA aneurysm was completely occluded, but part of a coil migrated into the BA from the SCA aneurysm during the procedure. The migrated coil was retrieved using a snare type endovascular retrieving device. The snare loop required concentric closure around the coil by simultaneous pulling of the corewire and a slight forward movement of the tip of the snare catheter. The SCA aneurysm was successfully occluded 1 week later using a shorter coil.

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