As reported through the article titled, "retreatment strategies in aneurysm woven endobridge recurrences: a case series" a patient presented with a history of hypertension and hyperlipidemia presented with a hunt & hess grade ii sah after having the worst headache of the patient's life.A ct of the head showed sah in the posterior fossa, and a cerebral angiogram confirmed a ruptured left 6.5 x 4.2mm posterior inferior cerebellar artery (pica) aneurysm.The aneurysm was embolized with a web sl device 6 x 3, and the patient did well.An initial angiographic result showed stasis of contrast with an o'kelly-marotta grade iii.A 9-month follow-up angiogram showed a 30% residual filling of the aneurysm at the neck with impaction of the inferior pole of the web device.The patient then had a flow diversion of the aneurysm with a pipeline stent.The final angiographic run showed a significant stasis within the aneurysm, which carried on to the late venous phase with no evidence of vascular cutoff.The patient did well and is scheduled for a 6-month follow-up mra and angiogram.The period of time reported for the cases and follow-up were 2015 through january 2021.
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