Pediatric ischemic stroke – an unlikely diagnosis: a report of three cases
| Autor: | Dovydas Burkojus, Tomas Kondratas, Vaidotas Gurskis, Jūratė Laurynaitienė, Milda Endzinienė |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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0301 basic medicine
Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Prevalence Ischemia Disease Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine Artery of Percheron law.invention 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Randomized controlled trial law Occlusion Medicine cardiovascular diseases Stroke business.industry medicine.disease Thrombosis 030104 developmental biology medicine.anatomical_structure Emergency Medicine Pediatric ischemic stroke stroke acute ischemic stroke thrombosis business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Signa Vitae, Zagreb : Pharmamed Mado Ltd, 2019, vol. 15, no. 2, p. 70-72 Signa vitae : journal for intesive care and emergency medicine Volume 15 Issue 2 |
| ISSN: | 1334-5605 1845-206X |
| Popis: | Pediatric ischemic stroke is a rare and devastating disease. A patient presenting with acute neurological deficit should raise suspicion of a possible stroke. However, stroke “mimics” account for a majority of suspected stroke cases in childhood. We present three cases of pediatric acute is-chemic stroke, two of which are arterial, and one caused by thrombosis of venous sinuses. In the first case, we present a 16-year old male patient was admitted to our hospital due to a rare Artery of Percheron occlusion. The second case represents a 17-year old female patient with thrombosis of multiple cerebral venous sinuses, venous infarctions and secondary hemorrhages. As the third case, we present 6-year old male patient with a herpes simplex infec-tion and a vertebrobasilar stroke. All three patients had experienced an altered mental status and other nonspecific symptoms. Due to its rarity, diverse clinical presenta-tion, and lack of randomized control trials regarding treatment, ischemic stroke poses a great challenge to pediatricians. |
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