Extraction of a migrated coil from the Enterprise stent strut using a Solitaire AB stent

Neuroradiol J. 2016 Dec;29(6):470-472. doi: 10.1177/1971400916666556. Epub 2016 Aug 24.

Abstract

A 56-year-old woman was admitted to stent-assisted coiling for a 2-mm A1 aneurysm of the left anterior cerebral artery and a left 3-mm internal carotid artery aneurysm. While coiling the A1 aneurysm, the first 2 mm × 20 mm coil migrated through the 4.5 mm × 37 mm Enterprise stent struts, lodging at the distal anterior cerebral artery. A 4 mm × 15 mm Solitaire AB stent was used successfully in this case to remove the displaced coil. The A1 aneurysm was re-treated with a 2 mm × 40 mm coil after placement of the Enterprise stent, and the ophthalmic ICA aneurysm was also coiled through the stent struts. The patient was neurologically intact after treatment.

Keywords: Coil migration; Solitaire AB stent; embolisation; intracranial aneurysm.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Carotid Artery, Internal / surgery
  • Cerebral Angiography
  • Embolization, Therapeutic / adverse effects*
  • Female
  • Fluoroscopy
  • Foreign Bodies / diagnostic imaging
  • Foreign Bodies / etiology*
  • Foreign Bodies / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / surgery
  • Middle Aged
  • Stents / adverse effects*