Ali Alawieh, Youssef M Zohdy, Rim El Annan, Jad H Assi, Laurie Dimisko, Jonathan A Grossberg, C Michael Cawley, Katherine Chandler, Joshua J Chern, Michael S Sawvel, Barunashish Brahma, Tomas Garzon-Muvdi, Gustavo Pradilla, Daniel Barrow, Andrew Reisner, Brian M Howard
BACKGROUND: Infectious intracranial aneurysms (IIAs) are a rare sequel of systemic infection and occur most commonly in patients with infective endocarditis (IE). Despite the increasing use of non-invasive screening angiography in patients with IE, the incidence remains low, yielding limited data on the management of IIAs in pediatric populations. We performed a pooled analysis of all published series of pediatric patients with IIAs to study the disease landscape including presentation, management, and outcomes...
January 3, 2024: Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery