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T1 weighted MRl of coronal (a) and (b) axial slices in a 26-year-old patient with transient diplopia and oculomotor nerve palsy on the left side. Two heterogeneously enhanced masses and an enhanced thin outer membrane can be recognized, indicating bilateral intracavernous carotid artery aneurysms.
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Coronal and axial T1 weighted images demonstrated two heterogeneously enhanced masses indicating bilateral ICCA (Figure 1).
T1 weighted MRl axial slices of the same patient 2 days after treatment of the left intracavernous carotid artery aneurysm with endovascular coil embolization (a). Note the slight hypointensity due to thrombosis in the region of the previous left aneurysm (b).
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A postoperative MRI scan showed successful thrombosis of the left aneurysm (Figure 2).