PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Luis Savastano
AU  - Joseph J Gemmete
AU  - Aditya S Pandey
AU  - Christopher Roark
AU  - Neeraj Chaudhary
TI  - Republished: Acute ischemic stroke in a child due to basilar artery occlusion treated successfully with a stent retriever
AID  - 10.1136/neurintsurg-2015-011821.rep
DP  - 2016 Aug 01
TA  - Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery
PG  - e33--e33
VI  - 8
IP  - 8
4099  - http://jnis.bmj.com/content/8/8/e33.short
4100  - http://jnis.bmj.com/content/8/8/e33.full
SO  - J NeuroIntervent Surg2016 Aug 01; 8
AB  - Ischemic strokes in childhood are rare. Thrombolytic therapy with intravenous (IV) tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) has been the main intervention for the management of pediatric stroke patients, but safety data are lacking and efficacy has been questioned. Recently, successful endovascular treatments for acute ischemic stroke in children have been reported with increasing frequency, suggesting that mechanical thrombectomy can be a safe and effective treatment. We present the case of a 22-month-old child with acute ischemic stroke due to basilar artery occlusion that was successfully treated with a stent retriever.