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. 2012 Feb;33(2):323–326. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A2759

Patient, aneurysm, and treatment characteristics of 85 patients with 86 treated cavernous sinus aneurysms

Coiling ICA Occlusion Bypass Total
Patients 30 50 5 85
Aneurysms 31 50 5 86
Mean patient age (years) 53.3 57.6 48.2 55.5
Median age, range 56, 27–72 58, 26–79 47, 34–56 56.5, 26–79
Male gender 4 (13%) 4 (8%) 0 (0%) 8 (9.4%)
Mean aneurysm size (mm) 10 21 27
Median size, range 6, 5–35 18, 12–45 25, 20–40
Clinical presentation
    Cranial nerve dysfunction 6 45 5 56 (65%)
    Carotid cavernous fistula 5 3 0 8 (9%)
    Subarachnoid hemorrhage 1 0 0 1 (1%)
    Incidental finding 4 2 0 6 (7%)
    Additional to another aneurysm 15 0 0 15 (17%)