Katarina Dakay, Ali Mahta, Shyam Rao, Michael E Reznik, Linda C Wendell, Bradford B Thompson, N Stevenson Potter, Ali Saad, Chirag D Gandhi, Justin Santarelli, Fawaz Al-Mufti, Brian MacGrory, Tina Burton, Mahesh V Jayaraman, Ryan A McTaggart, Karen Furie, Shadi Yaghi, Shawna Cutting
INTRODUCTION: Atraumatic convexity subarachnoid hemorrhage is a subtype of spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage that often presents a diagnostic challenge. Common etiologies include cerebral amyloid angiopathy, vasculopathies, and coagulopathy; however, aneurysm is rare. Given the broad differential of causes of convexity subarachnoid hemorrhage, we assessed the diagnostic yield of common tests and propose a testing strategy. METHODS: We performed a single-center retrospective study on consecutive patients with atraumatic convexity subarachnoid hemorrhage over a 2-year period...
December 2019: Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery