Cerebellar infarction from fibromuscular dysplasia and dissecting aneurysm of the vertebral artery. Report of a child.
Infarction in the vertebrobasilar system presenting as a posterior fossa mass lesion is extremely rare in children. We recently studied and treated a 9-year-old boy with cerebellar infarct produced by angiographically confirmed Type I fibromuscular dysplasia of the vertebral artery, complicated by a dissecting aneurysm. This case appears to be the first reported in the literature.
Perez-Higueras
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Department of Neuroradiology, Hospital La Paz, Autonomous University, Madrid, Spain.
Alvarez-Ruiz
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Martinez-Bermejo
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Frutos
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Villar
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Diez-Tejedor
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D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D002526:Cerebellar Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D005352:Fibromuscular Dysplasia / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014711:Vertebral Artery