Ischemic stroke due to minor head trauma in a child: a case report
Head trauma usually causes hemorrhage, but in children ischemia of basal ganglia may develop. Traumatic stroke occasionally develops after dissection of brain vessels, leading to disseminated cerebral embolism. Stretching forces in cerebral intraparenchymal arteries can cause vascular damage followe...
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Published in | The European research journal Vol. 5; no. 2; pp. 421 - 423 |
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Main Authors | , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Bursa
The Association of Health Research & Strategy
04.03.2019
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Summary: | Head
trauma usually causes hemorrhage, but in children ischemia of basal ganglia may
develop. Traumatic stroke occasionally develops after dissection of brain
vessels, leading to disseminated cerebral embolism. Stretching forces in
cerebral intraparenchymal arteries can cause vascular damage followed by an
occluding thrombus. An 18-month-old girl presented to our emergency department
with the complaint of head trauma after falling down while playing. Her parents
recognized the weakness of her left site extremity after 6 hours after the
event. After initial physical examination and further imaging studies brain
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed an infarct affecting the caudate
nucleus in the right cerebral hemisphere. In childhood, ischemic stroke due to
mild head trauma is an exceedingly rare event and may be overlooked in
emergency medicine practice. We aimed to emphasize that mild head trauma may
cause critical situations such as acute infarct in children. |
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ISSN: | 2149-3189 2149-3189 |
DOI: | 10.18621/eurj.396188 |