Scepter-Mini Balloon Assisted Coil Embolization of an Intracranial Arterial Aneurysm in a Child with PHACE Syndrome via a Persistent Trigeminal Artery
10.5469euroint.2021.00073
- Author:
Bharathi Dasan JAGADEESAN
1
;
Coridon Quinn IV
;
Kamran MASOOD
;
Andrew GRANDE
;
Ramachandra Prasad TUMMALA
Author Information
1. Depatment of Radiology, Neurosurgery and Neurology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
- Publication Type:Case Report
- From:Neurointervention
2021;16(2):175-179
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
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Abstract:
Cerebral vascular malformations constitute one of the key abnormalities in children with PHACE syndrome, which is characterized by Plaque like cutaneous hemangiomas, Posterior fossa abnormalities, arterial Cerebrovascular and Eye abnormalities, with or without Sternal clefts (PHACES when sternal clefts are present), and associated midline anomalies. Both moyamoya arteriopathy and intracranial aneurysms have been reported in children with this syndrome. Herein, we report the successful treatment of a growing left posterior-communicating artery aneurysm arising from an aberrant left internal carotid artery (LICA) with balloon assisted coiling (BAC) in a child with PHACE syndrome. We circumvented the limitations posed by the narrow caliber of the proximal LICA, by successfully navigating a coiling microcatheter from the basilar artery into the LICA via a persistent trigeminal artery. BAC was then achieved using a Scepter Mini balloon microcatheter for aneurysm neck remodelling.
