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The objective of this paper was to calculate the mortality and morbidity rates of patients with diagnosed but untreated CCAs from a relatively large single-center cohort.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>METHODS<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>The authors identified 250 patients with 276 CCAs from August 1946 to August 2017 from an aneurysm database including 12,000 intracranial aneurysm patients. Patient and aneurysm characteristics were extracted for further analysis.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>The cumulative patient follow-up was 1560 years, with a mean of 6.3 years. For patients presenting with a cranial nerve deficit caused by a CCA, those with a ruptured CCA, and patients who received treatment for a CCA, the cumulative patient follow-up was 121 years, with a mean of 1.3 years. For patients with symptom-free or conservatively treated CCAs, the cumulative patient follow-up was 1093 years, with a mean of 7.2 years. Of the 276 aneurysms, 57 (21%) caused cranial nerve deficits and 18 (6.5%) other symptoms, while 201 (73%) remained symptom free. A total of 264 (96%) of the CCAs remained unruptured, and 2 were considered possibly ruptured. Ten (3.6%) ruptures of the CCAs were found. However, none of the ruptured aneurysms caused subarachnoid hemorrhage or death of the patient. Of the CCAs, 51 were multiple, and 131 patients had \u2265 1 intradural aneurysm. The CCAs were analyzed separately.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>The majority of the CCAs were asymptomatic during follow-up, and none caused the death of the patient. The incidence of symptoms increased with aneurysm size. Because CCAs have a benign natural course, treatment should be considered mainly if the CCA is symptomatic or grows during follow-up.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3171\/2023.2.jns222347","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,4,1]],"date-time":"2023-04-01T00:27:22Z","timestamp":1680308842000},"page":"1052-1060","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Natural history of intracavernous aneurysms: a consecutive single-center study of 250 patients with 276 aneurysms"],"prefix":"10.3171","volume":"139","author":[{"given":"Eeva","family":"Leivo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Departments of Neurosurgery and"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Behnam","family":"Rezai Jahromi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Departments of Neurosurgery and"},{"name":"Neuroradiology, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jussi","family":"Numminen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Neuroradiology, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Riku","family":"Kivisaari","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Departments of Neurosurgery and"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Hanna","family":"Kaukovalta","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Departments of Neurosurgery and"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mika","family":"Niemel\u00e4","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Departments of Neurosurgery and"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1754","reference":[{"key":"b1","series-title":"Anatomy and Surgery of the Cavernous Sinus","first-page":"3","article-title":"Anatomy of the cavernous sinus","author":"Dolenc VV","year":"1989","unstructured":"Dolenc VV. 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