A coil in the haira case report of percutaneous coil migration

Boer, B. de; See, A.P.; Brouwers, H.B.; Rinkel, G.; Princiotta, C.; Broekman, M.L.D. (2018)

Article / Letter to editor

Coil migration following cerebral aneurysm treatment has been described and may result in stroke, recurrent aneurysm, or local mass effect. Cerebral coil embolization is also applied in arteriovenous malformations and arteriovenous fistulas, but these pathologies are relatively rare and coil migration is not as well described. Furthermore, these cases are more commonly treated with combinations of multiple modalities to achieve cure. Embolization, surgery, and radiation each have risks and benefits and combinations may have synergistic risks and benefits not seen in monotherapy. We report a case of extravascular and extra-corporeal coil migration after embolization and craniectomy to treat a patient with hemorrhage from an arteriovenous fistula.

• Foreign body migration
• Therapeutic embolization
• Craniotomy
• Intracranial arteriovenous malformations
• Cerebral hemorrhage

• All authors: Boer, B. de; See, A.P.; Brouwers, H.B.; Rinkel, G.; Princiotta, C.; Broekman, M.L.D.
• Date: 2018-12-01
• Journal: Acta Neurochirurgica
• Volume: 160
• Issue: 12
• Pages: 2397 - 2399
• DOI: doi:10.1007/s00701-018-3689-3