Mycoplasma pneumoniae-associated cerebral infarction in a child.
The central nervous system's involvement is the most common reported extra-pulmonary manifestations of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection, and stroke was one of the most special situations. We presented a 4-year-old child who presented with acute stroke on the third day of the onset of Mycoplasma respiratory tract infection. Brain magnetic resonance angiography demonstrated that occlusion of bilateral internal carotid arteries and vertebral arteries above the level of the first cervical vertebrate which is not been reported previously.
Lee
Chun-Yi
CY
Section of Pediatrics, Chia-Yi Veterans Hospital, Taiwan.
Huang
Yuan-Yuan
YY
Huang
Fang-Liang
FL
Liu
Fang-Ching
FC
Chen
Po-Yen
PY
D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000473:pathology; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008297:Male; D009177:Mycoplasma pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011019:Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed