Traumatic intracranial aneurysm due to arterial injury at surgery

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  • 1 Departments of Neurosurgery and Neuroradiology, McGill University, Montreal Neurological Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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✓ A case is presented of false intracranial aneurysm of traumatic origin which developed following direct surgical attack on a congenital anterior communicating artery aneurysm. The secondary aneurysm was discovered on the 25th postoperative day and was clipped at a subsequent procedure. The possible pathophysiology is discussed with respect to other direct vessel injuries.

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