Six Cases of Ruptured Aneurysm,Treated with Cellulose Acetate Polymer

Abstract

We review 6 cases of ruptured aneurysm which were elderly, poor-grade SAH or requiring high-risk surgery treated with Cellulose Acetate Polymer (CAP). A 76-year-old female with A-com aneurysm was comatose. Heart failure was her complication (case 1). An 81-year-old female with A-com aneurysm was semicomatose (case 2). An 89-year-old female with MCA aneurysm was semicomatose and had right hemiplegia (case 3), An 88-year-old female with MCA aneurysm was comatose (case 4). A 55-year-old male with IC-PC aneurysm had a small intracerebral hematoma and was semicomatose (case 5). A 52-year-old female with IC-Ach aneurysm was somnolent (case 6).

All cases had no rebleeding after embolization. CAP embolization was complete in all cases but case 1. Case 4 died from primary brain damage on the day 7. Three cases stayed in a severely disabled state and died after 3 months (case 1), 2 months (case 2) and 4 months (case 3) from onset respectively. Case 5 remains in a moderately disabled state after 2 years, Case 6 had a anterior choroidal artery which was hard to spare on aneurysmal clipping. She is free from neurological deficits after CAP embolization. Angiography after 2 years demonstrated complete obstruction of the aneurysm.

CAP is good for cases which are elderly, poor-grade SAH or difficult to treat with surgery. CAP embolization has some advantages over GDC coil obstruction for aneurysm treatment.

Keywords

cerebral aneurysm CAP (Cellulose Acetate Polymer)subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH)

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