Lama S Al-Mansour1,2,3, Abdulrahman A AlRasheed1,2,3, Khaled R AlEnezi4,2,3, Hamza M AlAli5,6,7. 1. Department of Pediatrics, Ministry of National Guards-Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 2. King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 3. College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 4. Department of Medical Imaging, Ministry of National Guards-Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 5. Department of Pediatrics, Ministry of National Guards-Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. drhamza80@hotmail.com. 6. King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. drhamza80@hotmail.com. 7. College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. drhamza80@hotmail.com.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Elevated intracranial pressure is a potentially catastrophic complication of neurologic injury in children. Successful management of elevated intracranial pressure requires prompt recognition and therapy directed at both reducing intracranial pressure and reversing its underlying cause. A rare condition that causes elevated intracranial pressure is childhood primary angiitis of the central nervous system, which is a rare inflammatory central nervous system disease that poses diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of angiography-positive progressive childhood primary angiitis of the central nervous system requiring decompressive hemicraniectomy for refractory elevated intracranial pressure in children. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a 5-year-old Saudi girl who presented to the pediatric emergency department with fever and new-onset status epilepticus. She had elevated inflammatory markers with radiological and histopathological evidence of angiography-positive progressive childhood primary angiitis of the central nervous system, complicated by elevated intracranial pressure. Despite medical management for both childhood primary angiitis of the central nervous system and elevated intracranial pressure, her neurological status continued to deteriorate and the elevated intracranial pressure became refractory. She developed right uncal, right subfalcine, and tonsillar herniation requiring decompressive hemicraniectomy with a favorable neurological outcome. CONCLUSION: Decompressive craniectomy might be considered in cases of angiography-positive progressive childhood primary angiitis of the central nervous system with elevated intracranial pressure refractory to medication. A multidisciplinary approach for the decision of decompressive craniectomy is advised to ensure patient safety and avoid possible morbidities and mortality.
BACKGROUND: Elevated intracranial pressure is a potentially catastrophic complication of neurologic injury in children. Successful management of elevated intracranial pressure requires prompt recognition and therapy directed at both reducing intracranial pressure and reversing its underlying cause. A rare condition that causes elevated intracranial pressure is childhood primary angiitis of the central nervous system, which is a rare inflammatory central nervous system disease that poses diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of angiography-positive progressive childhood primary angiitis of the central nervous system requiring decompressive hemicraniectomy for refractory elevated intracranial pressure in children. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a 5-year-old Saudi girl who presented to the pediatric emergency department with fever and new-onset status epilepticus. She had elevated inflammatory markers with radiological and histopathological evidence of angiography-positive progressive childhood primary angiitis of the central nervous system, complicated by elevated intracranial pressure. Despite medical management for both childhood primary angiitis of the central nervous system and elevated intracranial pressure, her neurological status continued to deteriorate and the elevated intracranial pressure became refractory. She developed right uncal, right subfalcine, and tonsillar herniation requiring decompressive hemicraniectomy with a favorable neurological outcome. CONCLUSION: Decompressive craniectomy might be considered in cases of angiography-positive progressive childhood primary angiitis of the central nervous system with elevated intracranial pressure refractory to medication. A multidisciplinary approach for the decision of decompressive craniectomy is advised to ensure patient safety and avoid possible morbidities and mortality.
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