Multiple Vertebro-Basilar Infarctions from Fibromuscular Dysplasia Related Dissecting Aneurysm of the Vertebral Artery in a Child

J. S. H. Vles; J. J. E. Hendriks; J. Lodder; B. Janevski

doi:10.1055/s-2008-1071472

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Neuropediatrics 1990; 21(2): 104-105
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1071472

Case report

Multiple Vertebro-Basilar Infarctions from Fibromuscular Dysplasia Related Dissecting Aneurysm of the Vertebral Artery in a Child

J. S. H. Vles¹ , J. J. E. Hendriks² , J. Lodder³ , B. Janevski⁴

¹Department of Child Neurology, University Hospital Maastricht, P.O. Box 1918, 6201 BX Maastricht, The Netherlands
²Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Maastricht, P.O. Box 1918, 6201 BX Maastricht, The Netherlands
³Department of Neurology, University Hospital Maastricht, P.O. Box 1918, 6201 BX Maastricht, The Netherlands
⁴Department of Radiology, University Hospital Maastricht, P.O. Box 1918, 6201 BX Maastricht, The Netherlands

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Publication Date:
19 March 2008 (online)

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Abstract

A 9-year-old boy with paroxysmal headache suffered persistent, focal neurologic deficit in the vertebralbasilar artery territory. Angiography showed dissecting aneurysm and "a string of beads" lesion in the third segment of the left vertebral artery compatible with fibromuscular dysplasia.

Key words

Stroke - Childhood - Fibromuscular dysplasia

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