RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Republished: Late recanalization of basilar artery occlusion in a previously healthy 17-month-old child
JF Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery
JO J NeuroIntervent Surg
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.
SP e17
OP e17
DO 10.1136/neurintsurg-2017-013277.rep
VO 10
IS 7
A1 Wilkinson, D Andrew
A1 Pandey, Aditya S
A1 Garton, Hugh J
A1 Savastano, Luis
A1 Griauzde, Julius
A1 Chaudhary, Neeraj
A1 Gemmete, Joseph J
YR 2018
UL http://jnis.bmj.com/content/10/7/e17.abstract
AB Endovascular treatment of acute ischemic stroke in children is increasingly being reported, although the time window for intervention is unclear. We describe a previously healthy 17-month-old child who presented with vertebral artery thrombosis and cerebellar stroke requiring posterior fossa decompression. She later progressed to basilar artery thrombosis treated with mechanical thrombectomy 50 hours after clinical decline. At 3 month follow-up, the patient had a modified Rankin Scale score of 0.