Acute hemiplegia in children complicating upper respiratory infections. Report of three cases with angiographic findings.
Three children presented with acute onset of hemiplegia following an upper respiratory infection. Angiography revealed irregulaities, beading, and slow flow of a peripheral branch of a middle cerebral artery. In addition, one child had narrowing of the cervical segment of the internal carotid artery. An inflammatory arteritis of the cervical internal carotid artery is presumably the site of the formation of cerebral emboli.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000667:Ampicillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001167:Arteritis / Q000150:complications; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D002701:Chloramphenicol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D002542:Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000150:complications*
D002701:Chloramphenicol; D000667:Ampicillin