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Ischemic Stroke in Children

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Stroke in children is being increasingly recognized as a significant source of morbidity and mortality. Children and adolescents with stroke have remarkable differences in presentation compared with adults. Sickle cell disease is a major risk factor of overt and silent strokes in children. Cervicocephalic arterial dissection is an important but probably under-recognized cause of stroke in children. Cerebral vasculitis may be considered in children with either ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke, especially recurrent strokes. Cardiac disease is present in 10–30 % of children with stroke. Owing to the frequency of stroke mimics in childhood, the diagnosis requires the imaging confirmation of an ischemic lesion.

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  1. Division of Neuroradiology, Hospital Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo, Rua Dr. Cesário Motta Junior 112, Vila Buarque, Sao Paulo, SP, 01221-020, Brazil

    Felipe Torres Pacheco MD, PhD & Antônio José da Rocha MD, PhD

  2. Division of Neuroradiology, Grupo Fleury, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil

    Felipe Torres Pacheco MD, PhD & Antônio José da Rocha MD, PhD

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  1. Santa Casa de São Paulo, Division of Neuroradiology, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

    Renato Hoffmann Nunes

  2. Univer of North Carolina, Dep Radiology, Research Fellow in Neuroradiology, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

    Ana Lorena Abello

  3. Chief, Div Neurorad. Univ North Carolin, James H. Scatliff Distinguished Prof Rad, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

    Mauricio Castillo

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Pacheco, F.T., da Rocha, A.J. (2016). Ischemic Stroke in Children. In: Hoffmann Nunes, R., Abello, A., Castillo, M. (eds) Critical Findings in Neuroradiology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27987-9_5

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