Publication: Successful endovascular treatment of pediatric basilar infectious (mycotic) aneurysm: a case report and review of the literature
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2020-01-01
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14330350
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02567040
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Child's Nervous System. (2020)
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Kittiphop Somboonnithiphol, Ekachat Chanthanaphak, Sirintara (Pongpech) Singhara Na Ayudhaya, Chaiyos Khongkhatithum, Bandit Sirilert Successful endovascular treatment of pediatric basilar infectious (mycotic) aneurysm: a case report and review of the literature. Child's Nervous System. (2020). doi:10.1007/s00381-020-04917-8 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/60112
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Successful endovascular treatment of pediatric basilar infectious (mycotic) aneurysm: a case report and review of the literature
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© 2020, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature. Background: Intracranial infectious aneurysms are rarely reported in children; in particular, they are very rare in infants. They are mostly related to infective endocarditis and are usually located in the anterior cerebral vasculature. A ruptured intracranial infectious aneurysm is a catastrophic event associated with high morbidity and mortality rates. Case report: An 8-month-old female infant presented with a prolonged fever without any organ-specific symptoms. Two weeks after admission, she had a high-grade fever with drowsiness; the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) examination indicated meningitis. Despite treatments with empiric antibiotic and antiviral agents, both her condition and the repeated CSF profiles worsened. The ineffective medications were promptly changed to susceptible antibiotic after the CSF culture showed Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Three days after the diagnosis of meningitis, the patient suddenly developed seizures and alteration of consciousness. The computerized tomography and angiography (CT and CTA) of the brain demonstrated a diffuse subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) with intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) and a lobulated fusiform aneurysm at the proximal basilar artery, suggestive of a ruptured basilar infectious aneurysm. Endovascular treatment was planned and a transarterial occlusion of the vertebrobasilar junction was performed in order to disrupt inflow of the aneurysm. After endovascular intervention, her clinical symptoms gradually improved and the patient was discharged after completing a 4-week course of antibiotics. At the 6-week follow-up, she was doing well without neurological deficit. Conclusion: To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of a ruptured basilar infectious aneurysm in an infant secondary to Pseudomonas meningitis, successfully treated with parent artery occlusion.