Long-term Outcomes of Cerebral Aneurysms in Children

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Long-term Outcomes of Cerebral
                                     Aneurysms in Children
                                     Aymeric Amelot, MD, PhD,a,b Guillaume Saliou, MD, PhD,c,d Sandro Benichi, MD,b Quentin Alias, MD,c Grégoire Boulouis, MD,e,f
                                     Michel Zerah, MD, PhD,b Nozar Aghakhani, MD, PhD,g Augustin Ozanne, MD, PhD,c Thomas Blauwblomme, MD, PhD,b
                                     Olivier Naggara, MD, PhDe,f

BACKGROUND: Our aim was to report the long-term clinical and imaging outcomes of #15-year-                                                    abstract
old children treated for ruptured or symptomatic cerebral aneurysms and to identify
prognostic factors for clinical outcome, recurrence, and rebleeding.
METHODS: We retrospectively identified all pediatric cases of cerebral aneurysm from 2000 to
2015 and then prospectively evaluated long-term occlusion using brain MRI and clinical
outcome measures: outcome was considered favorable if King’s Outcome Scale for Childhood
Head Injury score was $5. We performed univariate analysis and logistic binary regression to
identify variables associated with clinical and imaging outcomes.
RESULTS:Fifty-one children (aged 8.5 6 1.1 years [mean 6 SD], with 37 ruptured and 14
symptomatic aneurysms) were included, and endovascular treatments (84%) or microsurgical
procedures (16%) were performed. Despite a 19.6% death rate, at a mean follow-up of 8.3
years, 35 children (68.6%) had a favorable outcome. Annual bleeding and aneurysm
recurrence rates were 1.4% 6 1.1% and 2.6% 6 1.8%, respectively. Cerebral ischemia,
whether initial or delayed within the first month, was predictive of poor clinical outcome in
multivariate analysis (odds ratio: 25; 95% confidence interval: 0.43–143; P , .0001), whereas
aneurysm size .5 mm was the only factor associated with recurrence (odds ratio: 14.6; 95%
confidence interval: 2.4–86.1; P = .003).
           Two-thirds of studied #15-year-old children suffering from ruptured or
CONCLUSIONS:
symptomatic cerebral aneurysms had long-term favorable outcome. Annual bleeding and
aneurysm recurrence rates have shown to be low after endovascular or surgical treatment.
Long-term imaging follow-up helps to depict aneurysm recurrence or de novo aneurysm
formation and to prevent rebleeding.

a
 Department of Neurosurgery, La Pitié-Salpétrière Hospital, Université Paris Sorbonne, Paris, France;            WHAT’S KNOWN ON THIS SUBJECT: Cerebral arterial
b
 Departments of Pediatric Neurosurgery and ePediatric Radiology, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, Université   aneurysms are extremely rare in children in comparison with
Paris Descartes, Paris, France; Departments of cNeuroradiology and gNeurosurgery, Kremlin-Bicêtre Hospital, Le   adults. Long-term clinical and imaging follow-up studies on
Kremlin-Bicêtre, France; dDepartment of Neuroradiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne,      pediatric cerebral aneurysms are scarce, especially in young
Switzerland; and fDepartment of Neuroradiology, Sainte-Anne Hospital and Université Paris Descartes, INSERM      patients under 15 years old that are managed endovascularly.
UMR S894, Paris, France
                                                                                                                 WHAT THIS STUDY ADDS: We demonstrated that two-thirds of
Drs Amelot, Blauwblomme, Naggara, and Saliou conceptualized and designed the study, conducted                    children suffering from a ruptured or symptomatic cerebral
the initial analyses, and drafted the initial manuscript; Drs Alias, Boulouis, Ozanne, Benichi, Zerah,           aneurysm had a long-term favorable outcome. Annual
and Aghakhani drafted and reviewed the manuscript; and all authors approved the final manuscript                  bleeding and aneurysm recurrence rates are low after
as submitted and agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work.                                            treatment. Long-term imaging follow-up is mandatory to
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2018-3036                                                                      detect aneurysm recurrence and de novo aneurysm.

Accepted for publication Feb 26, 2019
                                                                                                                   To cite: Amelot A, Saliou G, Benichi S, et al. Long-term
Address correspondence to Aymeric Amelot, MD, PhD, Department of Neurosurgery, Groupe                              Outcomes of Cerebral Aneurysms in Children. Pediatrics.
Hospitalier Universitaire de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47-83, Boulevard de l’Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France.             2019;143(6):e20183036
E-mail: aymmed@hotmail.fr

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Cerebral arterial aneurysms are              Clinical and Imaging Parameters                                classifying long-term aneurysm
extremely rare in children compared          We extracted clinical and                                      occlusion using magnetic resonance
with adults, accounting for ,4% of all       demographic data from patient                                  angiography or DSA, according to
intracranial aneurysms.1–3                   charts. We registered the World                                the 3-grade Raymond classification:
Endovascular treatment (EVT) and             Federation of Neurological Surgeons                            grade 1, no contrast filling; grade 2,
surgical clipping are treatment              (WFNS) grade for aneurysmal                                    neck remnant; and grade 3,
options; the transarterial                   subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and                              opacification of the aneurysmal
embolization with coiling procedure          the Fisher’s score at onset.7,8 We                             sac.11
has increased in recent years. Long-         defined aneurysm size and location at
term clinical and imaging follow-up          onset on magnetic resonance                                    Treatment Strategy
studies on pediatric cerebral                angiography, computed                                          Except in cases requiring emergency
aneurysms are scarce, especially in          tomography–angiography, or digital                             intracranial hemorrhage evacuation
young patients under 15 years old or         subtraction angiography (DSA)                                  (Glasgow Coma Scale score ,8,
in current endovascular cohorts.4,5          obtained at admission. They were                               posterior fossa intracranial
Our aim here was to report the long-         then classified as saccular or acute                            hemorrhage [ICH], or with mass
term clinical and imaging outcomes of        dissecting and/or fusiform                                     effect), the treatment modality was
#15-year-old children taken in               aneurysms.9,10 Two neuroradiologists                           decided at a multidisciplinary
charge from the year 2000 to 2015            came to a common agreement                                     consensus meeting including
and treated for ruptured or                  concerning posttreatment as well as                            pediatric neurosurgeons and
symptomatic cerebral aneurysms as
well as to identify prognostic factors       TABLE 1 Baseline Patient and Aneurysm Characteristics
for clinical outcome, recurrence, and          Symptomatic Patient Characteristics                                                        n (%) or Mean 6 SD
rebleeding.
                                               Patients                                                                                              51
                                                 Male sex                                                                                        35 (68.6)
                                                 Age, y                                                                                          8.5 6 1.1
METHODS
                                                 Vascular disease                                                                                  5 (9.8)
Study Design and Participants                    Sickle cell disease                                                                               4 (7.3)
                                                 Genetic dysmorphic syndrome                                                                       3 (5.8)
We performed this study according to             Familial history of aneurysm                                                                       2 (4)
the strengthening the reporting of               Clinical presentation
observational studies in epidemiology                SAH                                                                                          37 (72.5)
                                                       Initial coma (GCS score ,8)                                                                 7 (13.7)
(STROBE) statement6 and French                         WFNS score 3–5                                                                             18 (35.3)
legislation, and because the study                     Fisher’s score 4–5                                                                         26 (50.9)
implied retrospective analysis of                   Headaches                                                                                      9 (17.6)
anonymized data collected as part of                Epilepsy                                                                                       1 (1.9)
routine clinical care, it did not require           Cranial nerve palsy                                                                            2 (3.9)
                                                    Ischemic stroke                                                                                2 (3.9)
formal approval by an ethics                   Baseline treated aneurysm characteristics                                                              51
committee nor patient written                    Aneurysm type
informed consent. We informed each                  Saccular                                                                                      31 (60.7)
patient of his or her participation in              Fusiform or dissecting                                                                        20 (29.3)
the study. The study was                         Ruptured                                                                                         37 (72.5)
                                                 Patients with multiple aneurysms                                                                  8 (15.6)
a multicenter retrospective pediatric            Fundus size, mm                                                                                  9.9 (7.5)
study (Bicêtre Hospital, Necker                     ,10                                                                                           30 (58.8)
Hospital, Saint-Anne Hospital, Paris,               10–25                                                                                         18 (34.6)
France) that included all consecutive               .25                                                                                            3 (5.8)
children treated between 2000 and                Anterior circulation location                                                                    36 (70.5)
                                                    Middle cerebral artery                                                                        11 (21.5)
2015. Inclusion criteria were (1)                   Anterior complexa                                                                              4 (7.3)
intracranial arterial aneurysm (IAA)                Internal carotid arteryb                                                                      21 (41.2)
and (2) age ,18 years. We excluded               Posterior circulation location                                                                   15 (29.5)
patients with (1) arteriovenous                     Posterior communicating artery                                                                 3 (5.4)
malformation–related aneurysms, (2)                 Posterior cerebral artery                                                                      6 (10.9)
                                                    Vertebral-basilar artery                                                                       4 (7.3)
vein of Galen aneurysmal                            Superior cerebellar artery                                                                     2 (3.6)
malformation, and (3) mycotic
                                             GCS, Glasgow Coma Scale.
pseudoaneurysm, because they                 a Included anterior communicating artery and A1-A2 junction aneurysms.

correspond to different diseases.            b Included ophthalmic artery region, supraclinoid, superior hypophyseal artery, and internal carotid artery bifurcation.

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pediatric interventional                         level was set at P = .003. All variables         (9 thunderclap headaches without
neuroradiologists. For children in               with a significant association in the             SAH, 1 epilepsy or seizure, 2 partial
good clinical condition in which                 univariate analyses after adjustment             third nerve deficits, and 2 related to
surgical ICH evacuation was not                  were entered into a multiple logistic            ischemic stroke).
indicated, EVT was considered as                 regression model by using backward
                                                                                                  Five children (9.8%) had a vascular
first-line therapy. In cases of EVT               elimination procedures to analyze
                                                                                                  disease, 3 (5.8%) had a genetic
failure, surgical clipping was                   potential predictors of unfavorable
                                                                                                  dysmorphic syndrome (dwarfism or
performed.                                       outcome. Statistical analyses were
                                                                                                  unlabeled), and 4 (7.8%) had a sickle
                                                 performed using Stata version 11
Follow-up                                                                                         cell disease. Two children (4%) had at
                                                 (Stata Corp, College Station, TX).
                                                                                                  least 1 first-degree family relative
We collected clinical and imaging
                                                                                                  with IAA.
follow-up data during hospitalization
and follow-up DSA during an external             RESULTS
                                                                                                  Initial Treatment
consultation or by telephone
                                                 Clinical Presentation                            Aneurysm characteristics are
interviews. We contacted all patients
to undergo a physical examination                We present child and aneurysm                    presented in Table 1. All symptomatic
and brain magnetic resonance                     baseline characteristics in the                  children (n = 51) were treated (Fig 1)
angiography. We made repeated                    supplemental Table 1. Over the study             with EVT (n = 43) or clipping (n = 8).
telephone calls to contact missing               period, 51 children (73 aneurysms;               We encountered failure in 2 EVTs
patients and their families (family,             mean age 6 SD: 8.5 6 1.1 years;                  (3.9%) and 1 surgical clipping
relatives, and general physician).               interquartile range: 5.1–11.1 years)             (12.5%), but they were all then
When appropriate, we collected                   met our inclusion criteria.                      successfully treated using the
causes of death. The total number of                                                              alternative technique.
                                                 Thirty-seven children (72.5%)
months of clinical and imaging follow-
                                                 presented with SAH from a ruptured               Clinical Outcome
up for each patient was recorded.
                                                 aneurysm. We show WFNS grade and
Clinical outcome was defined                                                                       Mean clinical follow-up was 8.3 years
                                                 Fisher’s scores in Table 1.
according to the King’s Outcome Scale                                                             (range: 12 months–19.5 years, 423.3
for Childhood Head Injury                        Fourteen patients (27.5%) had                    patient years), with favorable
(KOSCHI).12 Favorable clinical                   a symptomatic unruptured aneurysm                outcome encountered in 35 out of 51
outcome was defined as a KOSCHI
score $5.

Statistics
Associations between variables were
analyzed by Fisher’s exact test or x2
test. The distribution of categorical
variables was described by
frequencies and percentages,
continuous and normally distributed
variables by means and SDs, and
continuous and non-normally
distributed variables by medians and
interquartile range. Predictive factors
for unfavorable outcome, aneurysm
recurrence, or rebleeding were tested
by univariate statistics by using
analysis of variance and x2 or Fisher’s
exact tests, as appropriate. According
to the number of pairwise
comparisons of interest, type 1 error
was adjusted by using the Bonferroni
multiple comparison adjustment. For
example, a level of .05 divided by 17
comparisons yielded an adjusted a of             FIGURE 1
.003; thus, the statistical significance          Flowchart diagram.

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TABLE 2 Clinical and Aneurysmal Predictive Factors for Death, Unfavorable Outcome, Rebleeding, and Recurrent Aneurysm (P Values Were Calculated by
             the Log-Rank Test)
    Baseline Clinical and                         Univariate Analysis, P                                    Multivariate Analysis, OR (95% CI) P
    Aneurysm Characteristics      Death Unfavorable Aneurysm                Aneurysm         Death             Unfavorable        Aneurysm           Aneurysm
                                         Outcome Rebleeding                Recurrence                           Outcome           Rebleeding        Recurrence
    Sex                            .58         .99           .60              .23              —                   —                  —                  —
    Age, y
      ,2                           .353        .118         .202              .328              —                —                    —                  —
      ,5                           .113        .099         .908              .169              —                —                    —                  —
      ,8                           .486        .126         .640              .236              —                —                    —                  —
      ,12                          .714        .527         .706              .925              —                —                    —                  —
    SAH                             .08         .13          .40               .18              —                —                    —                  —
    Coma                          .004a       .005a         .738              .670      16.7 (2.3–115.1) 4.4 (0.6–27.0) .137          —                  —
                                                                                              .004a
    Multiple aneurysms             .11         .70           .30              .13               —                —                    —                  —
      Posterior circulation        .11         .39           .15              .34               —                —                    —                  —
         aneurysm
    Aneurysm size .5 mm           .03a         .04a          .30             .002a      1.0 (0.1–2.7) .99    0.17 (0.1–2.21)          —            14.6 (2.4–86.0)
                                                                                                                   .179                                 .003a
    Aneurysm form
      Saccular                     .46         .15           .41              .23              —                   —                  —                  —
      Fusiform or dissecting       .63         .66           .57              .73              —                   —                  —                  —
    Complications
      Hydrocephalus                .67          .68          .86              .73               —                   —                 —                  —
      Stroke                      .018a       .0001a         .70              .29        8.6 (1.4–53.1)      24.7 (4.3–142.1)         —                  —
                                                                                              .003a              ,.0001a
      Vasospasm                    .46         .99           .79              .05               —                   —                 —                  —
    Rebleeding                    .016a        .06           —                .52        9.2 (3.7–38.1)             —                 —                  —
                                                                                               .02a
—, not applicable.
a Statistically significant.

(68.6%) children (31 and 4 had                           factors for rebleeding in the                            Imaging Outcome
KOSCHI 5B and KOSCHI 5A,                                 univariate survival analysis (data not                   Forty children were prospectively
respectively). Unfavorable outcome                       shown).                                                  managed on imaging (DSA, n = 9; 1.5
included 1 child with moderate                                                                                    Tesla, n = 17; 3.0 Tesla, n = 14) for
disability (KOSCHI 4), 1 with severe                     In univariate analysis (Table 2),
                                                         unfavorable outcome was associated                       a mean follow-up period of 7.1 years
disability (KOSCHI 3), 4 who                                                                                      (range: 6 months–19.5 years; 312.4
presented a vegetative state                             with aneurysm size of .5 mm
                                                         (P = .04), ischemic stroke (P = .0001),                  patient years).
(KOSCHI 2), and 10 who died
(KOSCHI 1).                                              and initial coma (P = .005). Ischemic                    Eight aneurysm recurrences
                                                         stroke was the only factor                               occurred in 8 patients (EVT, n = 7
Among 37 SAH patients, 23 children                       independently associated with                            [19%]; surgery, n = 1 [14%]; mean
had a favorable outcome. Among the                       unfavorable outcome (odds ratio                          delay: 1.7 6 1.4 years; annual
14 unfavorable outcomes, 10 children                     [OR]: 24.7; 95% confidence interval                       aneurysmal recurrence rate:
died within the first month of SAH                        [CI]: 4.3–142.1; P , .0001). Acute                       2.6% 6 1.8%). No significant
onset (n = 9; mean onset-to-death                        ischemic strokes recorded in our                         association was found between
delay: 12 days) or from the bleeding                     series were due to dissecting                            recurrence and aneurysm type
of an untreated additional aneurysm                      aneurysms and occurred via                               (Table 2). The annual re-treatment
(n = 1; annual case fatality rate from                   perforating branches from the                            rate was 1.2% 6 1.00% (5 re-
rebleeding: 0.2% 6 0.1%).                                dissection or in the vascular territory                  treatments; EVT, n = 3; surgery,
Rebleeding occurred in 6 patients                        downstream. Ischemic stroke (OR:                         n = 2), and the annual de novo
(annual bleeding rate: 1.4% 6 1.1%;                      8.6; 95% CI: 1.4–53.1; P = .003), coma                   aneurysm rate was 0.7% 6 0.4%
median delay: 26 months; range:                          at onset (OR: 16.7; 95% CI:                              (2 IAAs in 2 patients). Aneurysm
1.2–36 months), 4 from aneurysm                          2.3–115.1; P = .004), and rebleeding                     size .5 mm was independently
recurrence, 1 from a de novo                             (OR: 9.2; 95% CI: 3.7–38.1; P = .02)                     associated with aneurysm
aneurysm, and 1 from an additional                       were independent risk factors                            recurrence (OR: 14.6; 95% CI:
aneurysm. We did not identify risk                       of death.                                                2.4–86.0; P = .003).

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DISCUSSION
                                                                               Annual De Novo or
                                                                                Enlarging Rate of

                                                                                  Aneurysm, %                                                                                                                                                                    In this study of #15-year-old children
                                                                                    Untreated

                                                                                                                                                               Unknown
                                                                                                    2.4c                                                                                                                                                         treated for ruptured or symptomatic

                                                                                                                       3.7c

                                                                                                                                   7.8

                                                                                                                                                   1.3

                                                                                                                                                                           0.7
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 IAA, a favorable outcome occurred in
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 two-thirds of cases. The annual
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 bleeding rate after treatment, re-
                                                                               Recurrence

                                                                                                                       Unknown
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 treatment rate, and aneurysmal
                                                                                 Rate, %
                                                                                 Annual

                                                                                                    1.8c

                                                                                                                                   2.6

                                                                                                                                                   0.6

                                                                                                                                                               1.4

                                                                                                                                                                           2.6
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 recurrence rate were, respectively,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 1.4%, 1.2%, and 2.6%. Annual de
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 novo aneurysm rate, mainly based on
                                                                               Imaging
                                                                                Mean

                                                                                                                                                  34.0d

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 3 Tesla MRI examinations, was 0.7%.
                                                                                                                       3.0c
                                                                                                    5.7

                                                                                                                                   4.5

                                                                                                                                                               3.0

                                                                                                                                                                           7.1
                                                                                 FU

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 The current study focused on patients
                                                                                                                       Unknown

                                                                                                                                                   Unknown
                                                                               Clinical

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 treated after the year 2000 and
                                                                                Mean

                                                                                FU, y

                                                                                                    5.7

                                                                                                                                   4.9

                                                                                                                                                               3.0

                                                                                                                                                                           8.3
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 therefore concerned recent
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 management strategy. Indeed,
                                                                                                    31, 47, 12, 15

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 a majority of pediatric IAA studies in
                                                                                                                                   28, 32, 5, 7

                                                                                                                                                               31, 20, 0, 0
                                                                                                      unknown,
                                                                               Fusiform,

                                                                                                                                                   Unknown
                                                                                                      unknown

                                                                                                                                                                unknown
                                                                               Saccular

                                                                                                                                                                17, 6, 5,
                                                                                                        21, 22,

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 the literature include few patients,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 treated often over several decades.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 The current study significantly differs
                                                                               Clipping,
                                                                               Surgery:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 from the previous studies, and we
                                                                                Type of

                                                                                Otherb

                                                                                                                       19, 10

                                                                                                                                   48, 24

                                                                                                                                                   60, 20
                                                                                                    8, 9

                                                                                                                                                               0

                                                                                                                                                                           8

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 provide additional information on
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 outcomes after symptomatic cerebral
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 aneurysms in children (summarized
                                                                               Nonelectivea
                                                                               Type of EVT:
                                                                                 Elective,

                                                                                                    12, 14

                                                                                                                       20, 11

                                                                                                                                                               10, 10

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 in Table 3). First, we focused on
                                                                                                                                                   3, 0

                                                                                                                                                                           43
                                                                                                                                   0

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 a young population, for .25% of our
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 population was ,5 years old. Our
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 study showed favorable outcome for
                                                                               Symptomatic,

                                                                                                                                                               14, unknown,
                                                                                 Incidental
                                                                                 Ruptured,

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 over two-thirds of cases. Concerning
                                                                                                                                   11, 35, 26

                                                                                                                                                                 unknown
                                                                                                    7, 13, 12

                                                                                                                       25, 29, 6

                                                                                                                                                   89, 18, 7

                                                                                                                                                                 37, 14, 0

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 the risk of annual recurrence, in our
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 series it was 2.6%, a rate similar to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 one observed in the adult series of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 aneurysms.2,3 In contrast, the Finnish
                                                                               Age, y
                                                                               Mean

                                                                                                    11.7

                                                                                                                       12.0

                                                                                                                                   12.3

                                                                                                                                                   14.5

                                                                                                                                                               13.0

                                                                                                                                                                           8.5

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 cohort reported a lower annual rate
TABLE 3 Detailed Characteristics of Previous Studies With Follow-up $3 Years

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 of aneurysm recurrence of 0.6% in
                                                                               aneurysms
                                                                                patients,

                                                                                                                                                   114, 130
                                                                                                                       77, 103

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 the pediatric patients.4 In this largest
                                                                                                    32, 43

                                                                                                                                   48, 72

                                                                                                                                                               23, 28

                                                                                                                                                                           51, 73
                                                                                  No.

                                                                                  No.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 long-term cohort study (1939–2010),
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Koroknay-Pál et al4 described 114
                                                                               of Treatment

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 older children (mean age .14 years)
                                                                               Median Year

                                                                                                    1997–2003

                                                                                                                       1981–2010

                                                                                                                                   1989–2005

                                                                                                                                                   1937–2009

                                                                                                                                                               1998–2010

                                                                                                                                                                           2000–2015

                                                                                                                                                                                       a Includes parent vessel occlusion with coils or glue and flow reversal.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 that could, in part, explain the
                                                                                                                                                                                       b Includes trapping, wrapping, ligation, bypass, or high-flow bypass.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 difference in results (Table 3).
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Secondly, as our study concerns
                                                                                                       retrospective

                                                                                                                          retrospective

                                                                                                                          retrospective

                                                                                                                          retrospective

                                                                                                                                                                  retrospective

                                                                                                                                                                  prospective
                                                                                                    Single center,

                                                                                                                       Single center,

                                                                                                                       Single center,

                                                                                                                       Single center,

                                                                                                                                                               Single center,
                                                                               Enrollment

                                                                                                                                                                                       d Follow-up of the subgroup of 1-y survivors (n = 88).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 children treated recently, 84% of
                                                                                Setting,

                                                                                                                                                               Multicenter,

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 treatments were endovascular, a rate
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 similar to the ones seen in the recent
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 adult cohorts.2,4,14,16 Conversely, in
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 the study performed by Koroknay-Pál
                                                                                                                                                                                       c Recalculated from published data.
                                                                                                      United States

                                                                                                                         United States

                                                                                                                         United States
                                                                                                    Observational,

                                                                                                                       Observational,

                                                                                                                       Observational,

                                                                                                                       Observational,

                                                                                                                                                               Observational,

                                                                                                                                                               Observational,

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 et al4 on older children, 98%
                                                                               Study

                                                                                                                         Finland

                                                                                                                                                                 Finland

                                                                                                                                                                 France

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 underwent surgical clipping, which
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 may also explain our different results
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 (Table 3).
                                                                                                                         et al2,14

                                                                                                                       Koroknay-

                                                                                                                                                                                       FU, follow-up
                                                                                                                         et al4,5
                                                                                                      et al13

                                                                                                                         et al15

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 With aneurysm formation being
                                                                                                                         et al3

                                                                                                                         study
                                                                               Authors

                                                                                                                       Present
                                                                                                                       Kakarla

                                                                                                                         Pál
                                                                                                    Sanai

                                                                                                                       Saraf
                                                                                                                       Hetts

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 extremely rare in children, an
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 underlying vascular disease is often

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suspected or identified, for instance,                  in adults,20 not previously described                registered in dedicated neurovascular
sickle cell disease in the present                     in children. Interestingly, the 40%                  databases. IAA remains rare, and
series or in the literature.17 However,                rate of fusiform or dissecting                       randomized pediatric studies are
in our series and as previously                        aneurysms did not influence this                      probably unrealistic. We were unable
reported, no connective tissue                         higher recurrence rate. We found                     to perform analysis on the basis of the
disorders were diagnosed.4                             a low de novo aneurysm rate,                         treatment modality because only 8
The annual de novo aneurysm rate,                      a finding that may be due to the short                children were in the surgical group. In
mainly based on 3 Tesla MRI                            follow-up compared with the Finnish                  addition, surgery was mainly
examinations, was low, estimated at                    cohort.5                                             performed in cases requiring
0.7%, whereas the annual rebleeding                                                                         emergency intracranial hemorrhage
                                                       Even if safe and efficacious, the long-
rate was 1.4%. In addition, these                                                                           evacuation, precluding any outcome
                                                       term durability of endovascular
rates seem to compare favorably with                                                                        comparison with EVT. Researchers
                                                       embolization remains a concern,
adult cohorts.18,19                                                                                         conducting further studies should
                                                       especially in ruptured aneurysms,
                                                                                                            help to provide more reliable data as
Furthermore, the good neurologic                       where stent-assisted coiling or a flow
                                                                                                            well as a better understanding of this
outcome rate reported here is higher                   diverter is rarely used. Indeed, in
                                                                                                            rare but sometimes devastating
than previously described.2,4,16 This                  unruptured aneurysms, this
                                                                                                            disease.
may be explained by a higher rate of                   recurrence rate ranges from 7% to
treatment of ruptured aneurysms                        27% and increases to 17% to 52% in
than before and by the major                           ruptured aneurysms.11,21–26 However,                 CONCLUSIONS
advances in neurointensive care                        among our 7 patients treated                         In this series, ruptured intracranial
because outcome was not                                surgically, 1 had a recurrence and                   aneurysms are still associated with
significantly worsened by initial                       subsequently bled and died. It was an                a high mortality rate in the acute
coma.16 However, the long-term rate                    acute dissecting aneurysm, initially                 phase in pediatric patients; however,
of aneurysm-related death was not as                   misdiagnosed as a saccular carotid                   a favorable long-term outcome is
high as reported in the Koroknay-Pál                   aneurysm: no mural hematoma,                         seen in two-thirds of cases. Despite
et al5 series, who described 26%                       double lumen, or intimal flap were                    a low annual rebleeding or
aneurysm-related death.                                identified on angio-imaging                           aneurysm recurrence rate, lifelong
                                                       (computed tomography–angiography                     clinical and imaging follow-up is
A 10% to 19% excess of mortality
                                                       and DSA) performed before surgery.                   mandatory to detect aneurysm
20 years after diagnosis in 1-year
                                                       The diagnosis was made during                        recurrence and de novo aneurysm
survivors of pediatric SAH was
                                                       surgery, and although wrapping was                   formation.
described.4 Because this mortality is
                                                       successful to reconstruct the artery, it
mainly aneurysm related (76%) after
                                                       failed to prevent an early recurrence
rebleeding from a recurrent or
                                                       and fatal rebleeding. Because no                       ABBREVIATIONS
bleeding from a de novo aneurysm,
                                                       guidelines for the treatment of
long-term imaging follow-up is                                                                                DSA: digital subtraction
                                                       ruptured dissecting aneurysms are
mandatory in children. We showed                                                                                    angiography
                                                       available, at least early posttreatment
effectiveness of EVT with annual                                                                              EVT: endovascular treatment
                                                       follow-up imaging is mandatory to
bleeding and aneurysm recurrence                                                                              IAA: intracranial arterial aneurysm
                                                       rule out fresh recurrence, which
rates similar to those previously                                                                             KOSCHI: King’s Outcome Scale for
                                                       would indicate re-treatment to
described for pediatric microsurgery                                                                                    Childhood Head Injury
                                                       prevent new bleeding.
or in adult endovascular series.3,4,14                                                                        SAH: subarachnoid hemorrhage
We identified a significantly higher                     One limitation of this study is its                    WFNS: World Federation of
recurrence rate in cases of larger                     retrospective design, although all our                         Neurological Surgeons
aneurysms, a well-known association                    patients were prospectively

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