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What is your treatment/management approach for an asymptomatic dissecting aneurysm with associated thrombus?

Does management change for extracranial vs. intracranial dissections?
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Neurology · University of Virginia School of Medicine
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Management depends primarily on whether the dissecting aneurysm is extracranial or intracranial, given the differing risks of thromboembolism and subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). The presence of intraluminal thrombus is particularly important because it can increase the risk of artery-to-artery emboli...

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