How Cerebral Vessel Tortuosity Affects Development and Recurrence of Aneurysm: Outer Curvature versus Bifurcation Type.

Background And Purpose: Previous studies have assessed the relationship between cerebral vessel tortuosity and intracranial aneurysm (IA) based on two-dimensional brain image analysis. We evaluated the relationship between cerebral vessel tortuosity and IA according to the hemodynamic location using three-dimensional (3D) analysis and studied the effect of tortuosity on the recurrence of treated IA.

Methods: We collected clinical and imaging data from patients with IA and disease-free controls.

Endovascular Intervention Versus Surgery in Ruptured Intracranial Aneurysms in Equipoise: A Systematic Review.

Background and Purpose- The benefits of endovascular intervention over surgery in the treatment of ruptured aneurysms of anterior circulation remains uncertain. Recently, published studies did not find superiority of endovascular intervention, challenging earlier evidence from a clinical trial. The earlier evidence also had a higher than average proportion of patients in good clinical status, leading to uncertainty about external validity of earlier trials.

Determinants of Basal Collaterals in Moyamoya Disease: Clinical and Genetic Factors.

Background/aims: To enable the diagnosis of moyamoya disease (MMD), detection of distal internal carotid artery stenosis and hazy network of basal collaterals (BCs) are required. This study aimed at evaluating the factors that could determine the degree of BCs in patients with angiographically confirmed MMD.

Methods: We analyzed 146 consecutive patients with MMD (age 26.

Intraventricular meningiomas: radiological findings and clinical features in 12 patients.

Purpose: To characterize the computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging findings and clinical features of intraventricular (IV) meningiomas.

Materials And Methods: CT (n=8) and MR (n=12) images and medical records of 12 patients (five men and seven women; mean age, 36 years; range, 14-68 years) with pathologically proven IV meningiomas were retrospectively reviewed. Particular attention was put on the size and shape of the mass; internal architecture such as necrosis or calcification within the tumor; peritumoral edema; associated hydrocephalus and clinical features such as symptoms, treatment, and prognosis.