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sciousness disturbance and was transferred to our institution by ambulance. On arrival, the patient was comatose. Computerized tomography scanning revealed a right frontal intracerebral hematoma with intraventricular and subarachnoid hemorrhage. The patient underwent emergency cerebral angiography, which revealed slow pulsatile progression of carotid artery (CA) flow and an anterior communicating artery (ACoA) aneurysm that expanded and contracted in conjunction with the cardiac cycle (Fig. 1). The aneurysm volume increased 70% from that measured at systole to that measured at diastole (or, alternatively, a 230% increase in volume from that measured at diastole to that measured at systole). Because of his poor clinical condition, the patient was conservatively managed. He died 4 days later of irreversible brain damage. The volume of a ruptured aneurysm has been reported to increase by 51% between diastole and systole, compared with an increase of 17.6% in unruptured aneurysms.1 These data can be interpreted to indicate that volumes of ruptured and unruptured aneurysms are reduced 33.8% and 15%, respectively. When intracranial or local tissue pressure increases pathologically to reach the level of systemic blood pressure, the volume of an aneurysm may change drastically. Under these circumstances, the aneurysm could be overlooked on angiography because of its collapse or reduced volume.
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- Journal of Neurosurgery
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Journal of Neurosurgery 92 365-, 2000-02-01
Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)