Lacunar Stroke, Cavernous Angioma, and Fusiform Aneurysm Due to Irradiation for Pilocytic Astrocytoma —A Case Report
We describe a rare case of a pediatric patient who presented multiple different types of vascular events consecutively in the irradiated field including lacunar stroke because of occlusion of perforating artery, intraventricular hemorrhage from cavernoma, and subarachnoid hemorrhage because of the rupture of fusiform aneurysm, 6 years after radiotherapy against pilocytic astrocytoma.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - Category: Neurology Authors: Maruyama Kunitaka, Takuya Akai, Naoki Akioka, Takahiro Tomita, Shoichi Nagai, Satoshi Kuroda Tags: Case Studies Source Type: research
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