Elevated intracranial pressure requiring decompressive craniectomy in a child with progressive primary angiitis of the central nervous system: a case report.

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

SUBMITTER: Al-Mansour LS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8344202 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature