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. 2007 Sep;28(8):1579–1585. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A0668

Summary of eight patients with intracranial pseudoaneurysms treated with the Willis covered stent

Case No./Age /Sex Presenting Symptoms Cause Aneurysm Location Aneurysm Size (mm) Stent Size (mm) Resistance Reaching Target Lesion Immediate Angiography, Poststenting Follow-Up (mos) Follow-Up Angiography Clinical Outcome
1/48/M Headache, diplopia, decreased visual acuity Post-balloon occlusion of CCF Right C3 10 × 8 4 × 10 None PA resolution, parent artery patency 12 PA resolution, parent artery patency Improvement
2/38/M Left eye blindness Trauma Left C4 15 × 12 4 × 10 No apparent resistance PA resolution, parent artery patency 5 PA resolution, parent artery patency Unchanged
3/34/M Palsy Post-balloon occlusion of CCF Right C4 15 × 12 5 × 13 None PA resolution, small CCF 6 PA resolution, CCF alleviation Improvement
4/50/M Palsy Post-balloon occlusion of CCF Right C4 23 × 16 4 × 13 None PA resolution, parent artery patency 6 PA resolution, parent artery patency Full recovery
5/35/M Epistaxis Trauma Left C5 22 × 18 4 × 10 None Minimal endoleak into PA, parent artery patency 6 Residual cavity shrinkage, parent artery patency Full recovery
6/23/M No symptoms Post-balloon occlusion of CCF Left C4 15 × 12 4 × 13 None PA resolution, parent artery patency 3 PA resolution, parent artery patency Full recovery
7/60/M Headache, Ptosis Trauma Left C6 30 × 15 3.5 × 13 3.5 × 10 None Minimal endoleak into PA, parent artery patency 3 Residual cavity shrinkage, parent artery patency Improvement
8/11/M Decreased visual acuity Trauma Right C7 18 × 10 3.5 × 10 None PA resolution, parent artery patency 3 PA resolution, parent artery patency Full recovery

Note:—CCF indicates carotid cavernous fistula; PA, pseudoaneurysm.