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17676408

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-8-27
pubmed:abstractText
Excessive granulomatous foreign-body reaction is a very rare complication after wrapping of intracranial aneurysms. The pathogenetic mechanisms underlying this process are unknown. We report on a patient who developed a space-occupying granulomatous abscess after wrapping of an unruptured aneurysm of the M2/M3 bifurcation. The patient underwent revision craniotomy for abscess removal. The aneurysm was explored and found to be completely thrombosed and excluded from the circulation. Exuberant granulomatous foreign-body reaction was pathologically confirmed and Candida parapsilosis was isolated from the pus. The patient underwent an antifungal treatment regimen and recovered with no residual neurological deficits. Our findings support the assumption that a low-grade infectious process might trigger excessive inflammatory reaction after wrapping. We suggest that this process may also result in complete thrombosis of cerebral aneurysms, which is otherwise a rarely observed phenomenon.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0001-6268
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
149
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
953-8; discussion 958
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Granuloma formation and occlusion of an unruptured aneurysm after wrapping.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Berne, Inselspital, Berne, Switzerland. robert.andres@neurochirurgie-bern.ch
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports