title: Posterior cerebral artery occlusion associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection.
abstract: Cerebral infarction is a rare complication of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. In all cases previously reported in the literature, vascular occlusion occurred in the anterior brain circulation, either the internal carotid or the middle cerebral artery. We report a case of a child with posterior cerebral artery occlusion and resultant hemiparesis associated with M. pneumoniae infection.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Pediatrics, Athens University, Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, Greece.
authors.forename: Charalampos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Antachopoulos
authors.forename: Theodota
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Liakopoulou
authors.forename: Fani
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Palamidou
authors.forename: Dimitra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Papathanassiou
authors.forename: Sotiris
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Youroukos
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D020762:Infarction, Posterior Cerebral Artery / Q000175:diagnosis*; D020772:Internal Capsule / Q000473:pathology; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011019:Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013788:Thalamus / Q000473:pathology