Diagnostic Work-Up of a Giant Calcified Intracranial Aneurysm: Comparing 4D-CTA and Cerebral Angiogram Findings.
Cureus
; 9(6): e1367, 2017 Jun 19.
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ABSTRACT
The risks associated with unruptured intracranial aneurysms can be neurologically debilitating and even fatal. Evaluation of these aneurysms is critical for determining what type of intervention is warranted, if at all. Cerebral angiography has long been the gold standard in the evaluation of intracranial aneurysms. However, this diagnostic modality is accompanied by several risks that are made clear to the patient before they consent to the procedure. These risks include the possibility of stroke, groin hematomas, contrast-induced anaphylaxis, contrast nephropathy, and catheter-associated infections. Dynamic CT angiography (4D-CTA) has been studied as an assessment tool for cerebral vasculopathies such as stroke, arteriovenous malformations, and aneurysms. It has been shown that 4D-CTA has the advantage of being less invasive and has a shorter examination time than cerebral angiography. In this article, we present a rare case of a giant calcified aneurysm and compare the findings of a cerebral angiogram and a 4D-CTA study.
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Diagnostic_studies
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Cureus
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2017
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