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Arterial Wall Imaging in Angiographically Occult Spontaneous Subarachnoid Hemorrhage : New Insight into the Usual Suspect

  • Yoon, Wonki (Department of Neurosurgery, Korea University Guro Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Jang Hun (Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Roh, Haewon (Department of Neurosurgery, Armed Forces Capital Hospital) ;
  • Kwon, Taek-Hyun (Department of Neurosurgery, Korea University Guro Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine)
  • Received : 2021.05.20
  • Accepted : 2021.10.06
  • Published : 2022.03.01
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Abstract

Objective : The etiology of angiographically occult spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage (AOsSAH) is unclear. Three-dimensional (3D) high-resolution vessel wall magnetic resonance imaging (HVM) might be useful in detecting the hidden arterial wall angiopathy in patients with AOsSAH. We aimed to demonstrate the feasibility of HVM for detecting the arterial cause of AOsSAH. Methods : Patients, who were diagnosed with AOsSAH in the first evaluations and underwent HVM, were enrolled. Their clinical and radiologic data were retrospectively reviewed. Especially, focal enhancement of arterial wall on HVM and repetitive catheterized angiograms were precisely compared. Results : Among 251 patients with spontaneous SAH, 22 patients were diagnosed with AOsSAH in the first evaluations (8.76%). After excluding three patients who did not undergo 3D-HVM, 19 patients were enrolled and classified as convexal (n=2) or perimesencephalic (n=4), and diffuse (n=13) groups. In convexal and perimesencephalic groups, no focal enhancement on HVM and no positive findings on repetitive angiography were noted. In diffuse group, 10 patients showed focal enhancement of arterial wall on HVM (10/13, 76.9%). Repeated angiography with 3D reconstruction revealed four patients of angiographically positive causative arteriopathy and possible lesion in one case in the concordant location of intramural enhancement on 3D-HVM (5/10, 50%). Three of them were treated with endovascular stent insertion. All patients, except one, recovered with good clinical outcome (3-month modified Rankin score, 0 and 1). Conclusion : 3D-HVM was useful in detecting hidden true arteriopathy in AOsSAH. It may provide new insights into the etiologic investigation of AOsSAH by proving information about the arterial wall status.

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