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Basilar Artery Bifurcation Aneurysm: Ruptured Wide-Necked Basilar Bifurcation Aneurysm Presenting with Atypical Clinical Signs and Symptoms, Treated with a WEB Device After a Failed Attempt at Coil Occlusion

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A 40-year-old male patient was referred to our emergency room with non-specific symptoms such as becoming progressively more agitated and a change in personality. While taking his medical history with his wife, she described a sudden onset of symptoms during sexual intercourse which then worsened. A scheduled CT scan revealed a basal subarachnoid hemorrhage graded at Hunt and Hess II, Fisher IV, due to a ruptured wide-neck basilar bifurcation aneurysm. After an initial unsuccessful treatment attempt using just a coil to occlude the aneurysm, the patient was successfully treated with a WEB device. The treatment of basilar artery bifurcation aneurysms with efferent arteries incorporation using a Woven EndoBridge (WEB) is the main topic of this chapter.

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  1. Klinik und Poliklinik für Neuroradiologische Diagnostik und Intervention, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

    Maxim Bester, Jens Fiehler & Jan-Hendrik Buhk

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  1. Department of Neuroradiology, Klinikum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

    Hans Henkes

  2. Dept. Neurosurgery & Intervent. Neurorad, Clinica Sagrada Familia , Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Pedro Lylyk

  3. Department of Neurosurgery, Klinikum Stuttgart Department of Neurosurgery, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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Bester, M., Fiehler, J., Buhk, JH. (2019). Basilar Artery Bifurcation Aneurysm: Ruptured Wide-Necked Basilar Bifurcation Aneurysm Presenting with Atypical Clinical Signs and Symptoms, Treated with a WEB Device After a Failed Attempt at Coil Occlusion. In: Henkes, H., Lylyk, P., Ganslandt, O. (eds) The Aneurysm Casebook. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70267-4_69-1

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