Stretched platinum coil during cerebral aneurysm embolization after direct carotid puncture: two case reports

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2007 Nov-Dec;30(6):1248-51. doi: 10.1007/s00270-007-9058-x. Epub 2007 May 17.

Abstract

We describe two cases of coil unraveling that occurred during cerebral aneurysm embolization after direct carotid puncture. The unraveled coil was stretched and buried in the subcutaneous part of the neck. No immediate or long-term complication was observed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Carotid Artery, Internal / surgery
  • Cerebral Angiography
  • Cerebral Arteries*
  • Embolization, Therapeutic / instrumentation*
  • Female
  • Foreign-Body Migration / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / diagnosis
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / therapy*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neck
  • Platinum
  • Punctures

Substances

  • Platinum