It was reported that an uneventful balloon assisted coiling procedure for a ruptured right posterior communicating artery aneurysm was performed on a patient that presented with sudden headache and reduced conscious level, and subarachnoid hemorrhage.Post procedure, the patient woke up with ipsilateral 3rd nerve palsy.The condition did not improve with a short course of steroids, and the patient underwent neurosurgical nerve decompression two (2) days later, which was believed to be a result of an immediate mass effect of the coiled aneurysm on the 3rd nerve.
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