Wall Enhancement of Coiled Intracranial Aneurysms Is Associated with Aneurysm Recanalization: A Cross-Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Wall enhancement of untreated intracranial aneurysms on MR imaging is thought to predict aneurysm instability. Wall enhancement or enhancement of the aneurysm cavity in coiled intracranial aneurysms is discussed controversially in the literature regarding potential healing mechanisms or adverse inflammatory reactions. Our aim was to compare the occurrence of aneurysm wall enhancement and cavity enhancement between completely occluded intracranial aneurysms and recanalized aneurysms after initially complete coil embolization.

Materials and methods

In this single-center cross-sectional study, we evaluated intracranial aneurysms after successful coil embolization for aneurysm recanalization, wall enhancement, and cavity enhancement with 3T MR imaging. We

SUBMITTER: Leber SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11288544 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature