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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · J Neurol Surg Rep 2016; 77(01): e013-e016
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1567864
Case Report

Mycotic Aneurysm Treated with Aneurysm Trapping. Case Report

Sérgio Neto
1   Division of Neurosurgery, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
,
Juan Castro Flores
1   Division of Neurosurgery, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
,
Eberval Gadelha Figueiredo
1   Division of Neurosurgery, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
,
José Guilherme Pereira Caldas
2   Division of Interventional Radiology, Hospital das Clinicas, University of São Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
,
Manoel Jacobsen Teixeira
1   Division of Neurosurgery, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Abstract

The authors describe a rare case of mycotic aneurysm (MA) associated with subarachnoid hemorrhage treated with aneurysm trapping. The literature on management and the surgical techniques are controversial due to lack of randomize trials.

Keywords

mycotic aneurysm - subarachnoid hemorrhage - endocarditis


Publication History

Received: 17 July 2015

Accepted: 26 September 2015

Publication Date:
16 November 2015 (online)

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