Is long-term follow-up of adequately coil-occluded ruptured cerebral aneurysms always necessary? A single-center study of recurrences after endovascular treatment.

Purpose: Aneurysm recurrence following coil occlusion is well recognized. However, there is controversy as to how long these patients should be followed up after coiling to detect reopening. We aimed to identify the rate of late reopening and the risk factors for reopening in a large single-center cohort of ruptured aneurysms that appeared adequately occluded at 6 months.

Endovascular therapy in hyperacute ischaemic stroke: history and current status.

This is a literature review on to the use of endovascular therapy in hyperacute ischaemic stroke secondary to large vessel occlusion (LVO). The prognosis for LVO is generally poor and the efficacy of intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (IV TPA) in the treatment of this subtype of stroke is questionable. It is well documented that recanalisation is associated with improved outcomes but IV TPA has limited efficacy in LVO recanalisation and the complication rates are higher for IV TPA in this stroke subset.

Endovascular treatment of children with cerebral venous sinus thrombosis: a case series.

Background: Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis is a potentially serious condition affecting 0.56 to 0.67 per 100,000 children annually; adverse outcomes are common.

Retroclival subdural haematoma secondary to pituitary apoplexy.

Retroclival haematomas are rare entity and they are mostly caused by trauma. There has been only one case published to have a retroclival haematoma following pituitary apoplexy. We present a patient diagnosed with pituitary apoplexy who was found to have acute subdural retroclival haematoma on the MRI.

Thrombus length estimation in acute ischemic stroke: a potential role for delayed contrast enhanced CT.

Purpose: Thrombus length has been shown to be an important determinant of recanalization using intravenous thrombolysis in hyperacute ischemic stroke. Various studies have attempted to quantify thrombus based on non-contrast CT (NCCT) or CT angiography (CTA). However, thrombus may not be seen on NCCT, and CTA may fail to delineate the distal extent of the thrombus.