Posterior cerebral artery occlusion associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection.
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.
Antachopoulos
Charalampos
C
First Department of Pediatrics, Athens University, Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, Greece.
Liakopoulou
Theodota
T
Palamidou
Fani
F
Papathanassiou
Dimitra
D
Youroukos
Sotiris
S
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