title: An 8-y-old boy with acute stroke and radiological signs of cerebral vasculitis after recent Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection.
abstract: A young boy was admitted to hospital for acute stroke. Cerebral angiography showed a pattern suggestive of vasculitis and a recent Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection was detected. The absence of microorganisms in cerebrospinal fluid, the pattern of vasculitis and previous reports supporting a post-infectious immunological mechanism for certain complications of M. pneumoniae infection suggest this mechanism as the cause of the stroke.
authors.affiliation: Service de Pédiatrie, Hĵpital Jean Verdier, Bondy, France.
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ovetchkine
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brugières
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Seradj
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Reinert
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cohen
mesh_terms: D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002648:Child; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009177:Mycoplasma pneumoniae / Q000472:pathogenicity; D011019:Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / Q000150:complications*; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology*; D020293:Vasculitis, Central Nervous System / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*