A rare cause of ischemic stroke: fibromuscular dysplasia

Ödil M., Bariş S., Özyilmaz I., Doǧru Ö., Celkan T., Albayram S.

NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES, cilt.30, sa.1, ss.77-79, 2009 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 30 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2009
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s10072-009-0016-z
  • Dergi Adı: NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.77-79
  • Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Childhood ischemic stroke is uncommon and may be associated with many causes and require extensive evaluation. Fibromuscular dysplasia is a rare cause of unknown etiology of childhood stroke which is mostly related with renovascular hypertension and in adults about 85% of cases renal artery has been involved, whereas the intracerebral circulation is the main area affected in children and the documented cause of stroke. We report a 4-year-old girl who presented with facial paralysis and diagnosed as intracranial fibromuscular dysplasia without renal artery involvement.