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Paraclinoid aneurysm concealed by sphenoid wing meningioma

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The coexistence of brain tumours and aneurysms is rare. In all previously reported cases the aneurysm was detectable by angiography. We report here a case in which a paraclinoid internal carotid artery aneurysm was coexistent and concealed from angiographic detection by an adjacent parasellar meningioma.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, 3801 University Avenue, Suite 109, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2B4

    Kevin Petrecca & Denis Sirhan

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Petrecca, K., Sirhan, D. Paraclinoid aneurysm concealed by sphenoid wing meningioma. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 151, 171–172 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-009-0190-z

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