Journal of Child Neurology

 

Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

Click here to sign up for SAGE Journal Email Alerts today!

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Right arrow Citation Map
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Request Reprints
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Ortiz, G. A.
Right arrow Articles by Lopez-Alberola, R.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Ortiz, G. A.
Right arrow Articles by Lopez-Alberola, R.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati  
What's this?
Journal of Child Neurology, Vol. 22, No. 6, 749-752 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0883073807303998

Successful Intravenous Thrombolysis for Acute Stroke in a Child

Gustavo A. Ortiz, MD

Department of Cerebrovascular Diseases Jackson Memorial Hospital

Sebastian Koch, MD

Department of Cerebrovascular Diseases Jackson Memorial Hospital

Douglas M. Wallace, MD

Department of Cerebrovascular Diseases Jackson Memorial Hospital

Robert Lopez-Alberola, MD

Department of Neurology and Pediatrics, Section of Child Neurology University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, Rlopez{at}med.miami.edu

We report an 8-year-old white girl with no previous medical history who developed sudden onset right hemiplegia, left gaze preference, and global aphasia. An acute left middle cerebral artery stroke syndrome was diagnosed. She was treated with intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator, 2 hours after the onset of symptoms. A magnetic resonance image demonstrated an acute left middle cerebral artery stroke, and a magnetic resonance angiography showed a patent left middle cerebral artery. At discharge, she was able to speak normally and walk without support. She was also able to raise the right arm up to the level of the shoulder and showed increased motility of the hand and fingers. No treatment-related complications happened. To the best of our knowledge, this is, so far, the youngest child successfully treated with intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator for acute ischemic stroke.

Key Words: pediatric stroke • intravenous thrombolysis • recombinant tissue plasminogen activator


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati    What's this?