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. 2012 Sep;33(8):1436–1446. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A3246

Table 1:

Clinical presentations of the patients

Presentation No. of Patients %
Incidentala 23 12
Headache 83 43.5
Subarachnoid hemorrhageb 31c,d 16.2
Previous SAH from another aneurysm 19 10
Visual findings due to mass effect 28d 14.7
Othere 8 4.2
Total 191d 100
a

Incidental group includes asymptomatic patients and patients with symptoms (excluding SAH) unrelated to the aneurysms treated with a PED (ie, index aneurysms).

b

SAH from the aneurysm treated with a PED.

c

Nine of these patients, 6 of whom were in the acute stage, were treated with the Pipeline as the first treatment; 22 patients had a PED in the retreatment.

d

One of these patients had visual findings after the initial treatment and received a PED as a retreatment; this patient is cited in both groups.

e

All symptoms (eg, ataxia, paresthesia, hemi-/quadriparesis, and so forth) other than those listed above, which may be due to mass effect and/or ischemia (such as perforator injury) and so forth.