title: Basilar artery occlusion in a child treated successfully with mechanical thrombectomy using ADAPT.
abstract: Acute ischemic stroke (AIS) in the pediatric population is rare. Furthermore, it is common for physicians to take significantly longer diagnosing a posterior circulation stroke in a child than in an adult. There are increasing case reports in the literature of treating AIS in children with intravenous tissue plasminogen activator, intra-arterial thrombolysis, and/or mechanical thrombectomy. We present the first case of pediatric AIS treated using a direct aspiration first pass technique (ADAPT) as a means of mechanical thrombectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lena
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Ramin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Eskandari
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Libby
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Infinger
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Kyle M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Fargen
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Alejandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Spiotta
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Aquilla
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Turk
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Raymond D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Turner
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Imran
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Chaudry
mesh_terms: D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001488:Basilar Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D002537:Intracranial Arteriosclerosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D020521:Stroke / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D017131:Thrombectomy / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Brain; Device; Pediatrics; Thrombectomy