Pediatric Intracranial Aneurysms: Experience from a Singapore Children’s Hospital

Abstract

(1) Background: Pediatric intracranial aneurysms (PIA) are rare and clinicopathologically distinct neurovascular entities. The aims of this study are to evaluate our institution’s experience and corroborate our results with updated literature. (2) Methods: This is a single-institution, retrospective study. Patients with a confirmed diagnosis of PIA are included. Variables of interest include patient demographics, clinical presentation, treatment outcomes and features specific to each patient’s PIA. A literature review on PIA-centric clinical studies was conducted. (3) Results: A total of 14 PIAs in 11 patients were treated from 2000 to 2022. The mean age was 5.8 years old, and most were males (90.1%). Anterior circulation PIAs constituted 78.6% of the cohort. Half of the PIAs were of the dissecting type, and 14.3% were giant aneurysms. Of interest, 14.3% of patients had subsequent de novo aneurysms after treatment of their index aneurysm. For treatment, 57.1% underwent surgery, 35.7% had endovascular intervention and the remaining 7.1% were managed conservatively. Based on the literature review, this study had congruent findings to other existing publications. (4) Conclusions: PIAs are unique neurovascular lesions that have good outcomes if managed in a timely fashion by an experienced multidisciplinary team. We recommend longer surveillance periods due to the risk of developing de novo aneurysms.