title: Cerebral aneurysms in children: are we talking about a single pathological entity?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of this article is to highlight the fact that cerebral aneurysms in children are heterogeneous unlike in the adult population.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a retrospective review of 17 children with intracranial aneurysms who were managed at a single institution from 2004 to 2009.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The median age was 12 years (range 10 months-17 years). Sixty-five percent of the aneurysms were saccular and 24% were fusiform. There was one infectious and one distal lenticulostriate aneurysm. Patients with saccular aneurysms were predominantly male and presented more commonly with intracranial hemorrhage (91%). The fusiform aneurysms were dissecting in nature or chronic with intramural thrombus and mass effect. The treatment was dependent upon the type and location of the aneurysm.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Pedriatic aneurysms are a heterogeneous group of intracranial arterial diseases with different etiologies, diverse morphology, and dissimilar clinical manifestations.
authors.affiliation: National Pedriatic Hospital J. P. Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina. frequejo@intramed.net
authors.forename: Flavio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Requejo
authors.forename: Alejandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ceciliano
authors.forename: Rolando
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cardenas
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Villasante
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jaimovich
authors.forename: Graciela
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zuccaro
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D020144:Basal Ganglia Cerebrovascular Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D020767:Intracranial Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology