Arterial ischemic stroke in children: 22 cases from southern Tunisia

The aim of this study is to review the cases of arterial ischemic stroke (AIS) in children in our department to evaluate the clinical and neuroimaging features, the etiologies and the treatment. This study retrospectively reviewed the records of all children aged between 1 month and 16 years who wer...

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Published in:Fetal and pediatric pathology 2013-07, Vol.32 (4), p.271-275
Main Authors: Sfaihi, Lamia, Elloumi, Sana, Fourati, Hela, Kamoun, Thouraya, Mnif, Zeineb, Hachicha, Mongia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
arterial ischemic stroke
Brain Ischemia - epidemiology
Brain Ischemia - etiology
Brain Ischemia - pathology
Child
Child, Preschool
children
Female
Humans
Infant
Male
moyamoya disease
Retrospective Studies
Stroke - epidemiology
Stroke - etiology
Stroke - pathology
Tunisia - epidemiology
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Summary:The aim of this study is to review the cases of arterial ischemic stroke (AIS) in children in our department to evaluate the clinical and neuroimaging features, the etiologies and the treatment. This study retrospectively reviewed the records of all children aged between 1 month and 16 years who were admitted from 2000 to 2010 for AIS in the pediatrics department of Hedi Chaker University hospital in Sfax, Tunisia. Twenty-two children were enrolled. The average age at stroke was 3 years and 2 months. Cardiac disease (27%) and moyamoya disease (18%) were the most common etiologies. Adverse outcome after childhood stroke includes death in 9%, recurrence in 18% and neurologic deficits in 45%.
ISSN:1551-3815
1551-3823
DOI:10.3109/15513815.2012.754523