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. 2015 Oct;36(10):1920–1926. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A4397

Location, aneurysm type, and rupture status of 117 aneurysms (101 patients)

Locationa No. of Cases Total (n = 117)
Bifurcation (n = 90)
Sidewall (n = 27)
Unruptured Ruptured Unruptured Ruptured Unruptured Ruptured
High-risk location
    PcomA 12 (10%) 4 8 3 3 1 5
    BA 11 (9%) 8 3 8 2 0 1
    VA 1 (1%) 0 1 0 0 0 1
    ACA 8 (7%) 3 5 2 5 1 0
    AcomA 28 (24%) 7 21 7 20 0 1
    Subtotal 60 (51%) 22 38 20 30 2 8
Low-risk location
    MCA 36 (31%) 27 9 23 9 4 0
    ICA 21 (18%) 13 8 3 5 10 3
    Subtotal 57 (49%) 40 17 26 14 14 3
Total 117 (100%) 62 55 46 44 16 11

Note:—AcomA indicates anterior communicating artery; PcomA, posterior communicating artery; VA, vertebral artery.

a

ICA includes the internal carotid, ophthalmic, anterior choroidal arteries and the carotid tip; ACA includes the anterior cerebral and pericallosal arteries; BA includes the basilar, PICA, and superior cerebellar arteries.