| Long-term MRI findings of patients with embolized cerebral aneurysms. | |
| | |
MedLine Citation:
|
PMID: 21498350 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
|
Background Long-term follow-up studies after endovascular treatment for intracranial aneurysm are still rare and inconclusive. Parenchymal infarctions related to aneurysms have mostly been studied in patients with subarachnoidal hemorrhage (SAH) but infarction rates in patients with endovascularly treated unruptured aneurysms have been little studied. Purpose To determine the frequency of permanent parenchymal lesions as detected in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in patients treated with endovascular coiling and to assess aneurysm-related infarctions after the initial treatment period. Material and Methods A total of 64 patients (32 with primarily ruptured aneurysms) with 69 embolized aneurysms were examined neurologically and by MRI and magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) more than 9 years after the initial endovascular treatment. Results A total of 14 out of 32 (44%) SAH patients and 11 (34%) patients with unruptured aneurysms had parenchymal lesions in MRI. Infarctions were detected in 10 (31%) SAH patients and the majority (9/10, 90%) of them were aneurysm-related. All aneurysm-related infarctions were detected at the acute hospitalization stage. A total of six (55%) out of 11 infarctions in patients with unruptured aneurysms were aneurysm-related and two of them appeared after the treatment period. Patients with infarction had poorer clinical outcome than patients with no ischemic lesions in MRI. Conclusion Nineteen percent of patients with unruptured and 41% with ruptured aneurysms had aneurysm-related parenchymal lesions in MRI. Most of these were detected during acute treatment period. Aneurysm-related infarctions after treatment period are uncommon. |
| | |
Authors:
|
Liisa M Pyysalo; Leo H Keski-Nisula; Tero T Niskakangas; Veikko J Kähärä; Juha E Ohman |
Publication Detail:
|
Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
|
Title: Acta radiologica (Stockholm, Sweden : 1987) Volume: 52 ISSN: 1600-0455 ISO Abbreviation: Acta Radiol Publication Date: 2011 Mar |
Date Detail:
|
Created Date: 2011-04-18 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
|
Nlm Unique ID: 8706123 Medline TA: Acta Radiol Country: England |
Other Details:
|
Languages: eng Pagination: 204-10 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
|
Tampere University Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery, Tampere. |
Export Citation:
|
APA/MLA Format Download EndNote Download BibTex |
| MeSH Terms | |
Descriptor/Qualifier:
|
|
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine
Previous Document: MR imaging findings of high-voltage electrical burns in the upper extremities: correlation with angi...
Next Document: The search for neuroimaging biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease with advanced MRI techniques.