Bilateral occlusions in the cervical portion of the internal carotid arteries in a child. | Zendy

Tatsuya Tagawa | Zendy; Takashi Mimaki | Zendy; H Yabuuchi | Zendy; Y. Iwata | Zendy; Akihiro Makino | Zendy

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Bilateral occlusions in the cervical portion of the internal carotid arteries in a child.

Author(s) -

Tatsuya Tagawa,

Takashi Mimaki,

H Yabuuchi,

Y. Iwata,

Akihiro Makino

Publication year - 1985

Publication title -

stroke

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1524-4628

pISSN - 0039-2499

DOI - 10.1161/01.str.16.5.896

Subject(s) - medicine , occlusion , cervical artery , cerebral arteries , internal carotid artery , cervical lymphadenopathy , angiography , tonsillitis , carotid arteries , cerebral angiography , radiology , vascular occlusion , surgery , disease

An 8-year-old boy with a history of recurrent tonsillitis and cervical lymphadenopathy developed acute hemiplegia. Cerebral angiography revealed bilateral occlusions of the cervical portion of the internal carotid arteries. Cerebral arterial occlusion in childhood has been attributed to many causes, e.g., trauma and infections of the neck. In the present case, though not clearly proved, inflammatory processes may have been related to the occlusion.

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