Ischemic stroke due to minor head trauma in a child: a case report

Suna Eraybar; Yalçın Katı; Serhat Atmaca; Gökhan Torun; Yasemin Nennicioğlu

doi:https://doi.org/10.18621/eurj.396188

Article Details

Ischemic stroke due to minor head trauma in a child: a case report

Authors:

Suna Eraybar | Yalçın Katı | Serhat Atmaca | Gökhan Torun | Yasemin Nennicioğlu

Publisher:

Prusa Medical Publishing

Main Topics:

Promotion of health

Journal:

The European Research Journal 2019 Vol.5 Issue 2, pp.421-423

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

3/2019

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000662896

Frequency:

Bimonthly

eISSN:

2149-3189

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18621/eurj.396188

Abstract:

 


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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Article Details

Ischemic stroke due to minor head trauma in a child: a case report

Authors: Suna Eraybar | Yalçın Katı | Serhat Atmaca | Gökhan Torun | Yasemin Nennicioğlu

Publisher: Prusa Medical Publishing

Main Topics: Promotion of health

Journal: The European Research Journal 2019 Vol.5 Issue 2, pp.421-423

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 3/2019

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2000662896

Frequency: Bimonthly

eISSN: 2149-3189

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18621/eurj.396188

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Authors:

Suna Eraybar | Yalçın Katı | Serhat Atmaca | Gökhan Torun | Yasemin Nennicioğlu

Publisher:

Prusa Medical Publishing

Main Topics:

Promotion of health

Journal:

The European Research Journal 2019 Vol.5 Issue 2, pp.421-423

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

3/2019

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000662896

Frequency:

Bimonthly

eISSN:

2149-3189

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18621/eurj.396188