TY - JOUR
T1 - Prevalence of asymptomatic incidental aneurysms
T2 - A review of 2685 computed tomographic angiograms
AU - Agarwal, Nitin
AU - Gala, Nihar B.
AU - Choudhry, Osamah J.
AU - Assina, Rachid
AU - Prestigiacomo, Charles J.
AU - Duffis, Ennis J.
AU - Gandhi, Chirag D.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2014/12/1
Y1 - 2014/12/1
N2 - Objective Intracranial aneurysms are a public health issue with a potential for rupturing, causing significant morbidity/mortality. The prevalence of unruptured intracranial aneurysms, including those that are asymptomatic, varies widely, as it has been determined through autopsy studies as well as conventional angiography. However, computed tomography angiography, a less invasive procedure, has replaced the use of conventional angiography in the recent decades. The objective of the present study is to determine the prevalence of incidental aneurysms.Methods The present study reviews all computed tomography angiography cases within the past decade at a single institution.Results Of 2195 cases included in the study, 39 (1.8%) were found to have asymptomatic unruptured aneurysms.Conclusions The numbers of asymptomatic incidental aneurysms have increased.
AB - Objective Intracranial aneurysms are a public health issue with a potential for rupturing, causing significant morbidity/mortality. The prevalence of unruptured intracranial aneurysms, including those that are asymptomatic, varies widely, as it has been determined through autopsy studies as well as conventional angiography. However, computed tomography angiography, a less invasive procedure, has replaced the use of conventional angiography in the recent decades. The objective of the present study is to determine the prevalence of incidental aneurysms.Methods The present study reviews all computed tomography angiography cases within the past decade at a single institution.Results Of 2195 cases included in the study, 39 (1.8%) were found to have asymptomatic unruptured aneurysms.Conclusions The numbers of asymptomatic incidental aneurysms have increased.
KW - Aneurysms
KW - Asymptomatic incidental aneurysms
KW - CTA
KW - Computed tomography angiography
KW - Intracranial aneurysms
KW - Prevalence
KW - Unruptured aneurysms
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U2 - 10.1016/j.wneu.2013.01.082
DO - 10.1016/j.wneu.2013.01.082
M3 - Review article
C2 - 23336985
AN - SCOPUS:84917732294
SN - 1878-8750
VL - 82
SP - 1086
EP - 1090
JO - World neurosurgery
JF - World neurosurgery
IS - 6
ER -