TY - JOUR
T1 - Mirror aneurysms
T2 - A reflection on natural history - Clinical article
AU - Meissner, Irene
AU - Torner, James
AU - Huston, John
AU - Rajput, Michele L.
AU - Wiebers, David O.
AU - Jones, Lyell K.
AU - Brown, Robert D.
PY - 2012/6
Y1 - 2012/6
N2 - Object. Investigators conducting the International Study of Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms, sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, sought to evaluate predictors of future hemorrhage in patients who had unruptured mirror aneurysms. These paired aneurysms in bilateral arterial positions mirror each other; their natural history is unknown. Methods. Centers in the US, Canada, and Europe enrolled patients for prospective assessment of unruptured intracranial aneurysms. Central radiological review confirmed the presence or absence of mirror aneurysms in patients without a history of prior subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) (Group 1). Outcome at 1 and 5 years and aneurysm characteristics are compared. Results. Of 3120 patients with aneurysms treated in 61 centers, 376 (12%) had mirror aneurysms, which are more common in women than men (82% [n = 308] vs 73% [n = 1992], respectively; p < 0.001) and in patients with a family history of aneurysm or SAH (p < 0.001). Compared with patients with nonmirror saccular aneurysms, a greater percentage of patients with mirror aneurysms had larger (> 10 mm) aneurysms (mean maximum diameter 11.7 vs 10.4 mm, respectively; p < 0.001). The most common distribution for mirror aneurysms was the middle cerebral artery (34% [126 patients]) followed by noncavernous internal carotid artery (32% [121]), posterior communicating artery (16% [60]), cavernous internal carotid artery (13% [48]), anterior cerebral artery/anterior communicating artery (3% [13]), and vertebrobasilar circulation (2% [8]). When these patients were compared with patients without mirror aneurysms, no statistically significant differences were found in age (mean age 54 years in both groups), blood pressure, smoking history, or cardiac disease. Aneurysm rupture rates were similar (3.0% for patients with mirror aneurysms vs 2.8% for those without). Conclusions. Overall, patients with mirror aneurysms were more likely to be women, to report a family history of aneurysmal SAH, and to have larger aneurysms. The presence of a mirror aneurysm was not an independent predictor of future SAHs.
AB - Object. Investigators conducting the International Study of Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms, sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, sought to evaluate predictors of future hemorrhage in patients who had unruptured mirror aneurysms. These paired aneurysms in bilateral arterial positions mirror each other; their natural history is unknown. Methods. Centers in the US, Canada, and Europe enrolled patients for prospective assessment of unruptured intracranial aneurysms. Central radiological review confirmed the presence or absence of mirror aneurysms in patients without a history of prior subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) (Group 1). Outcome at 1 and 5 years and aneurysm characteristics are compared. Results. Of 3120 patients with aneurysms treated in 61 centers, 376 (12%) had mirror aneurysms, which are more common in women than men (82% [n = 308] vs 73% [n = 1992], respectively; p < 0.001) and in patients with a family history of aneurysm or SAH (p < 0.001). Compared with patients with nonmirror saccular aneurysms, a greater percentage of patients with mirror aneurysms had larger (> 10 mm) aneurysms (mean maximum diameter 11.7 vs 10.4 mm, respectively; p < 0.001). The most common distribution for mirror aneurysms was the middle cerebral artery (34% [126 patients]) followed by noncavernous internal carotid artery (32% [121]), posterior communicating artery (16% [60]), cavernous internal carotid artery (13% [48]), anterior cerebral artery/anterior communicating artery (3% [13]), and vertebrobasilar circulation (2% [8]). When these patients were compared with patients without mirror aneurysms, no statistically significant differences were found in age (mean age 54 years in both groups), blood pressure, smoking history, or cardiac disease. Aneurysm rupture rates were similar (3.0% for patients with mirror aneurysms vs 2.8% for those without). Conclusions. Overall, patients with mirror aneurysms were more likely to be women, to report a family history of aneurysmal SAH, and to have larger aneurysms. The presence of a mirror aneurysm was not an independent predictor of future SAHs.
KW - Aneurysm
KW - Intracranial aneurysm
KW - Mirror aneurysm
KW - Ruptured aneurysm
KW - Subarachnoid hemorrhage
KW - Vascular disorders
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U2 - 10.3171/2012.1.JNS11779
DO - 10.3171/2012.1.JNS11779
M3 - Article
C2 - 22404675
AN - SCOPUS:84861961004
SN - 0022-3085
VL - 116
SP - 1238
EP - 1241
JO - Journal of neurosurgery
JF - Journal of neurosurgery
IS - 6
ER -