title: Acute traumatic stroke: a case of bow hunter's stroke in a child.
abstract: Acute traumatic stroke of the cerebellum is rarely seen in children. In adults, chiropractical manipulation, yoga exercises, bow hunting and cervical trauma have all been associated with vertebrobasillar damage and subsequent stroke due to cerebellar infarction. We present a case of bow hunter's stroke in a child. An 11-year-old boy developed deep coma one day after minor occipital head injury due to an infarct in the left cerebellum and ipsilateral medulla oblongata. Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) showed hypoperfusion of the left vertebral artery and occlusion of the posterior and anterior inferior cerebellar arteries (PICA and AICA respectively).
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, University of Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Duval
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Van Coster
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Verstraeten
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015600:Glasgow Coma Scale; D016489:Head Injuries, Closed / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D014715:Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging