Pediatric intracranial aneurysms—clinical characteristics and outcome of surgical treatment |
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Authors: | B S Sharma Sumit Sinha V S Mehta A Suri Aditya Gupta A K Mahapatra |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Neurosurgery, Neurosciences Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029, India |
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Abstract: | Object Intracranial aneurysms are rare in children and have different epidemiological, clinical, and morphological characteristics
and outcome from those in adults.
Materials and methods We analyzed demographic, clinical, radiologic features, treatment, and outcome in 55 patients <18 years of age, treated from
Jan 1995 through December 2005.
Results Intracranial aneurysms in children below 18 years constituted 4% of all intracranial aneurysms. Internal Carotid artery (ICA)
bifurcation was the commonest location. About half of the aneurysms were complex. Three-fourth of the patients required surgical
treatment. Two patients died, constituting 5% mortality. Two patients (5%) had poor outcome, whereas the majority (90%) had
a favorable outcome.
Conclusions Pediatric aneurysms have male predominance, higher incidence of clinical features of mass effect or seizures, high incidence
of large, traumatic/mycotic aneurysms, associated illnesses and ICH/IVH and hydrocephalus, better Hunt and Hess grades at
presentation, ICA bifurcation as the commonest site, and better outcome than their adult counterparts. |
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Keywords: | Pediatric Intracranial aneurysms Surgical outcome Complex aneurysms Subarachnoid hemorrhage Glasgow outcome score |
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