Minor head injury-induced striatocapsular infarction in a 3-year-old girl

In emergency departments (EDs), the diagnosis of childhood arterial ischemic stroke (AIS) is often delayed due to its rarity, diverse causes, and emergency physicians ’ low awareness of the diagnosis. The potential for delayed diagnosis may be amplified in cases of striatocapsular infarction following a minor head injury (MHI). Reported cases show the patient's age range of 1 month–7 years, preceding minor falls, fast onset of neurological manifestations (2 m inutes–72 hours), fast neurological recovery even without antithrombotic therapy (recovery in 2 weeks–13 months), involvement of the basal ganglia, and normal angiographic findings (1-5).
Source: The Journal of Emergency Medicine - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Tags: Visual Diagnosis in Emergency Medicine Source Type: research