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 D Andrew Wilkinson
A1 Aditya S Pandey
A1 Hugh J Garton
A1 Luis Savastano
A1 Julius Griauzde
A1 Neeraj Chaudhary
A1 Joseph J Gemmete
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.