Exemplary short-term results from case 1, in which death occurred 5 days after treatment (see Table 1).
A, Angiogram obtained before treatment of a medial cerebral artery aneurysm.
B, Angiogram obtained after GDC treatment of a medial cerebral artery aneurysm.
C, Histologic 5- to 10-μm-thick section of plasticized aneurysm 5 days after treatment depicts a thrombus consisting of fibrin and erythrocytes. The scale can be extrapolated from the coil diameter of 0.01 in.
D, ×10 magnification of the inset shown in C depicts fibrin clotting and erythrocytes (arrows).
E, ×40 magnification of the inset shown in D depicts single macrophages (arrow).