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Figure Captions
Fig 1 : Magnetic resonance angiography (a) image showing right cavernous aneurysm.
Fig 2: Digital subtraction angiography of the right internal cerebral artery showing (a) a huge cavernous aneurysm (b) migrated PED stent into the aneurysm sac
Fig 3: (a) FLAIR (b) DWI (c) images showing patching right parietal lobe hyperintensities