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Vertebral Artery Dissection and Posterior Stroke in a Child
Ayelet Halevy, MD,
Osnat Konen, MD,
Rachel Straussberg, MD,
S. D. Michowitz, MD,
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Avinoam Shuper, MD*
Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel, Petach Tikva and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: avinoams{at}clalit.org.il.
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Vertebral artery dissection is a relatively rare disease. Its symptoms and signs can be misleading, making the diagnosis, even with imaging assistance, difficult. We describe an 8year-old boy in whom a brain tumor was suspected because of neurological signs and findings on computerized tomography of the brain. The differential diagnosis was broadened with further imaging evaluation. Magnetic resonance angiography demonstrated vertebral artery dissection, which was attributed to a trivial trauma the child had experienced 1 week before presentation. During the follow-up period, the child recovered, except for residual right hemianopsia.
First published on February 15, 2008, doi:10.1177/0883073807313038
Journal of Child Neurology 2008;23:568.
A more recent version of this article appeared on May 1, 2008
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