Thrombolytic Stroke Treatment of a 12-Year-Old Girl with Intracranial Fibromuscular Dysplasia

Fibromuscular dysplasia, predominantly found in adult women, is a rare disease of small and middle-sized arteries of the kidney and brain. We present a case of a 12-year-old girl with acute ischemic stroke, due to fibromuscular dysplasia of the distal internal carotid artery and the proximal middle...

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Autores principales: Bolognese, Manuel, Griebe, Martin, Foerster, Alex, Hennerici, Michael G., Fatar, Marc
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2011
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Published: September 2011
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3214672/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22087100
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000332052
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Sumario:Fibromuscular dysplasia, predominantly found in adult women, is a rare disease of small and middle-sized arteries of the kidney and brain. We present a case of a 12-year-old girl with acute ischemic stroke, due to fibromuscular dysplasia of the distal internal carotid artery and the proximal middle cerebral artery, which was successfully treated with t-PA.

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