The utility of cone beam volume CT in the evaluation of thrombosed intracranial aneurysms in subarachnoid hemorrhage

Shreyansh Shah; Santosh B Murthy; Yousef Hannawi; Chethan P Venkatasubba Rao

doi:10.1136/bcr-2012-010530

The utility of cone beam volume CT in the evaluation of thrombosed intracranial aneurysms in subarachnoid hemorrhage

BMJ Case Rep. 2013 Jan 11:2013:bcr2012010530. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2012-010530.

Authors

Shreyansh Shah¹, Santosh B Murthy, Yousef Hannawi, Chethan P Venkatasubba Rao

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA. sdshah@bcm.edu

Abstract

Thrombosed aneurysms are difficult to visualize with digital subtraction angiography. We report a case of subarachnoid hemorrhage from a thrombosed ruptured aneurysm which was undetected on digital subtraction angiography but was visualized with cone beam volume CT. To our knowledge, this is the first report highlighting the utility of cone beam volume CT in identifying such aneurysms.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aneurysm, Ruptured / complications
Aneurysm, Ruptured / diagnostic imaging*
Angiography, Digital Subtraction
Cerebral Angiography / methods*
Cone-Beam Computed Tomography*
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Imaging, Three-Dimensional
Intracranial Aneurysm / complications
Intracranial Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging*
Intracranial Thrombosis / complications
Intracranial Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging*
Middle Aged
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / diagnostic imaging*
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / etiology