Unruptured intracranial aneurysms in haemodialysis patients.
While the mortality rate of subarachnoid haemorrhage is very high in haemodialysis (HD) patients, the prevalence of unruptured intracranial aneurysms in HD patients has not yet been elucidated. We performed cerebral magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) on 123 HD patients who did not have symptomatic cerebrovascular disease, and on 52 control subjects. On the basis of these images, the prevalence of unruptured intracranial aneurysms was evaluated. Unruptured aneurysms were found in three HD patients (2.4%). There were no aneurysms found in the healthy control group. There was no significant difference in the prevalence of unruptured aneurysms between HD patients and healthy controls. Therefore, the incidence of intracranial aneurysms is not associated with chronic renal failure.
Nakatani
Tatsuya
T
Department of Urology, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka, Japan.
Naganuma
Toshihide
T
Uchida
Junji
J
Masuda
Chikayoshi
C
Wada
Seiji
S
Sugimura
Takeshi
T
Sugimura
Kazunobu
K
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D006435:Renal Dialysis