Spastic hemiparesis and presumed prenatal embolisation

An infant with clinical evidence of prenatal right subclavian arterial occlusion subsequently developed left hemiparesis with cystic infarction of the territory of the right middle cerebral artery. Perinatal strokes have not been reported with signs of limb ischaemia at birth; this finding may be a...

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Published in:Archives of disease in childhood 1988-01, Vol.63 (1), p.68-69
Main Authors: Asindi, A A, Stephenson, J B, Young, D G
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Female
Fetal Diseases - complications
Hemiplegia - etiology
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis - complications
Medical sciences
Muscle Spasticity - etiology
Neurology
Pregnancy
Vascular diseases and vascular malformations of the nervous system
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Summary:An infant with clinical evidence of prenatal right subclavian arterial occlusion subsequently developed left hemiparesis with cystic infarction of the territory of the right middle cerebral artery. Perinatal strokes have not been reported with signs of limb ischaemia at birth; this finding may be a warning of possible simultaneous cerebral infarction.
ISSN:0003-9888
1468-2044
DOI:10.1136/adc.63.1.68