Open AccessMineralizing angiopathy presenting with recurrence of basal ganglia stroke following minor head trauma
Author(s) -
Himanshu Bhardwaj,
Mahavir P Swami,
Amanpreet Singh,
Jaya Shankar Kaushik
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of postgraduate medicine/journal of postgraduate medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.405
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 0972-2823
pISSN - 0022-3859
DOI - 10.4103/jpgm.jpgm_474_18
Subject(s) - medicine , angiopathy , basal ganglia , stroke (engine) , basal (medicine) , head trauma , surgery , central nervous system , endocrinology , mechanical engineering , insulin , engineering , diabetes mellitus
Basal ganglia stroke secondary to mineralizing angiopathy of lenticulostriate arteries is a well-recognized clinical entity following minor head trauma in children. Recurrences are uncommon, and the majority of these recurrences occur within a few months of initial insult. We report a 2-year-old boy who developed recurrence of basal ganglia stroke after a latency of 18 months from the time of first unrecognized insult at 6 months of age. The case brings forth the need to recognize the condition of basal ganglia stroke secondary to mineralizing angiopathy considering the risk of recurrence to occur as far as 18 months after the first stroke.