title: Intracranial arterial aneurysms in early childhood.
abstract: Cerebral saccular aneurysms are rare in early childhood. Seventy-one cases in children under 5 years of age found in the literature, plus one case of our own, are analyzed. In early childhood these aneurysms seem to have features that distinguish them from the same variety in adults. In children a congenital pathogenesis appears more convincing because of the higher frequency in the first 2 years of life, the often peripheral site (41.6%), the high frequency of large (50%) or giant (26.8%) aneurysms, and the association with other cerebral and vascular congenital abnormalities. Onset was nonhemorrhagic in 18.1% of cases compared with 2.5% in adults. The surgical outcome seems better in children than in adult patients in terms of both morbidity and mortality.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Sciences, Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ferrante
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fortuna
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Celli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Santoro
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fraioli
mesh_terms: D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed