title: [Pediatric cerebrovascular accident secondary to fibromuscular dysplasia].
abstract: We present the case of a 13 year-old patient diagnosed with fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) by angiographic study, with "string of beads" image of internal carotid, after undergoing two ischemic strokes in nine days. Conservative treatment with acetylsalicylic acid at antiaggregant doses was decided. Twenty months later the clinical progress is favorable without presenting any new episodes. FMD is a very uncommon cause of stroke in childhood. Little is known about its etiology. In spite of it usually being an asymptomatic disease, it must be considered in cases of repeated or inexplicable strokes. Its prognosis and treatment is controversial, due to the limited number of pediatric patients with this pathology.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, España.
authors.forename: A Olloqui
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Escalona
authors.forename: Z Galve
authors.initials: ZG
authors.lastname: Pradel
authors.forename: J López
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Pisón
authors.forename: A García
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Oguiza
authors.forename: N Clavero
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Montañés
authors.forename: R Pérez
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Delgado
authors.forename: M Lafuente
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Hidalgo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Guelbenzu
authors.forename: J L Peña
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Segura
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005352:Fibromuscular Dysplasia / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology*