A rare cause of ischemic stroke: fibromuscular dysplasia.
Childhood ischemic stroke is uncommon and may be associated with many causes and require extensive evaluation. Fibromuscular dysplasia is a rare cause of unknown etiology of childhood stroke which is mostly related with renovascular hypertension and in adults about 85% of cases renal artery has been involved, whereas the intracerebral circulation is the main area affected in children and the documented cause of stroke. We report a 4-year-old girl who presented with facial paralysis and diagnosed as intracranial fibromuscular dysplasia without renal artery involvement.
Ozdil
Mine
M
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Cerrahpasa Medicine Faculty, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey.
Bariş
Safa
S
Ozyilmaz
Isa
I
Doğru
Omer
O
Celkan
Tiraje
T
Albayram
Sait
S
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017668:Age of Onset; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D005155:Facial Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005352:Fibromuscular Dysplasia / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006493:Heparin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D020768:Middle Cerebral Artery / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D020521:Stroke / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D014421:Turkey
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D000925:Anticoagulants; D006493:Heparin