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Giant intracranial aneurysms are extremely rare in children. We present such a case, describe angiographic appearances and successful treatment using a flow diverter stent.
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Doenças das Artérias Carótidas , Procedimentos Endovasculares , Aneurisma Intracraniano , Artérias Carótidas , Doenças das Artérias Carótidas/diagnóstico por imagem , Doenças das Artérias Carótidas/cirurgia , Angiografia Cerebral , Criança , Humanos , Aneurisma Intracraniano/diagnóstico por imagem , Aneurisma Intracraniano/cirurgia , Stents , Resultado do TratamentoRESUMO
Intracranial artery aneurysms are very rare in infants. There have been no previous reports of coil embolization to branches of the middle cerebral artery (MCA) in infants. The authors describe successful embolization of ruptured aneurysms of the right frontoopercular MCA branch in a 31-day-old infant, and of the left sylvian MCA branch in a 54-day-old infant. One of the cases involves a dissection flap. The authors also review cases in which coil embolization was used for intracranial aneurysms in the first 2 months of life.
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Aneurisma Roto/terapia , Embolização Terapêutica/métodos , Aneurisma Intracraniano/terapia , Fatores Etários , Aneurisma Roto/diagnóstico por imagem , Angiografia Cerebral , Feminino , Humanos , Lactente , Aneurisma Intracraniano/diagnóstico por imagem , MasculinoRESUMO
An 83-year-old woman receiving long-term prednisolone treatment presented with a right optic neuropathy and right third, fourth, fifth, and sixth cranial nerve palsies secondary to sino-orbital aspergillosis with cavernous sinus involvement. Because the patient refused conventional treatment, she was given a two-year course of oral itraconazole 200 mg/day, leading to a complete imaging resolution of the lesion. Three years after completing treatment, there is no clinical or imaging evidence of disease recurrence. Visual and ocular motor function did not recover, but ptosis and proptosis improved. We believe this to be the first documented case of successful treatment of such a lesion with oral itraconazole monotherapy.