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. 2015 Jun 18;7(6):e279. doi: 10.7759/cureus.279

Table 4. The frequency of small aneurysms and the average size of rupture of previously reported clinical and autopsy series.

Author/Year Number of RIAs Size of Ruptured Intracranial Aneurysm Average Rupture Size
< 5 mm 5-10 mm > 10 mm
1- Molyneux [4] 2002 Coiled: 1073 552 (51%) 438 (41%) 83 (8%) N/A
Clipped: 1070 572 (53%) 426 (40%) 72 (7%) N/A
2- Weibers et al. [6] 2003 Group 1: 41 (No history of SAH) 2 < 7 mm 5: 7.9 mm 34 > 9 mm 10.9 mm
Group 2: 8 (With history of SAH) 7 < 7 mm 1: 7.9 mm   N/A
3-Morita et al. [7], 2012 111 N/A, but the higher the size, the higher the rupture rate and hazard ratio.   N/A
4 - Forget, et al. [8] 2001 245 86(35%) 124 (50.6%) 35 (14.4%) N/A
5 - Joo, et al. [9] 2008 627 451 (71.8%) 552 (88%) < 10 mm 6.3 mm 6.3 mm
6- Ohashi, et al. [11] 2004 280 73 (26.1%) 135 (48.2%) 72 (25.7%) 7.6 mm
7 - Orz, et al. [12] 1997 1248 475 (38%) (< 6mm) 681 (54.5%) (6-15mm) 82 (6.5%) >15mm 6.7mm
8- Graf et al. [13] 1974 1092 142 (13%) 775 (71%) < 10 mm 175 (16%) 8.2 mm
9- Beck, et al. [17] 2006 83 50 (60%) 68 (82%) < 10 mm 6.7 mm 6.7 mm
10 - Rosenørn, et al. [18] 1993 908 162 (18%) 474 (52%) 272 (30%) N/A
11 - Weir, et al. [19] 2002 812 50 (6%) 495 (61%) 268 (33%) 10.8 mm
12 - Inagawa, et al. [21] 1990 109 18 (17%) 50 (46%) 41 (38%) 9.5 mm
13 - MC Cormic, et al. [25] 1970 191 159 (83%) < 10 mm                              32 (17%)   N/A
14- Yasui, et al. [27] 1996 25 16 (64%) 6 (24%) 3 (12%) N/A