Intracranial arterial aneurysms in children are very rare. The authors present the clinical and neuroradiological findings in a 12-year-old child with subarachnoid and intraventricular hemorrhage related to posterior communicating artery aneurysm. The aneurysm was successfully treated with endovascular coiling. The literature regarding this topic is reviewed and the management of subarachnoid hemorrhage in children is discussed.
Maria Varela, Maria Gavra, Alexandros Andreou, Ioanna Karagianni, and George A Alexiou.
Department of Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital Agia Sofia, Athens, Greece.
Childs Nerv Syst. 2011 Jun 1; 27 (6): 1015-7.
AbstractIntracranial arterial aneurysms in children are very rare. The authors present the clinical and neuroradiological findings in a 12-year-old child with subarachnoid and intraventricular hemorrhage related to posterior communicating artery aneurysm. The aneurysm was successfully treated with endovascular coiling. The literature regarding this topic is reviewed and the management of subarachnoid hemorrhage in children is discussed.