Cerebral infarction after mild head trauma in children

Indian Pediatrics - Tập 50 - Trang 875-878 - 2013
Feng-Hua Yang1,2, Hua Wang1, Jun-Mei Zhang1, Hong-Yuan Liang1
1Departments of Pediatric Neurology and Radiology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
2Department of Pediatric Neurology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China

Tóm tắt

We conducted this retrospective, case record review to determine the risk factors and clinical features associated with cerebral infarction after mild head trauma in children. The median age of the cohort was 2.18 years (range, 6 mo–8 y). Most (26/29) of the patients developed the neurological symptoms and signs within 72 hours after trauma, 51.7% within 30 minutes. The first symptoms included hemiparesis (20), facial paresis (7), and convulsion (7). 86.21% of the lesions lay in basal ganglia region. Pre-existing basal ganglia calcification was identified in 13 as a risk factor.

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