Paediatric acute basilar thrombosis successfully treated with intravenous alteplase

Rego Sousa, P.; Vasconcellos, R.

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Authors

Rego Sousa, P.

Vasconcellos, R.

Abstract(s)

Acute ischaemic stroke has significant attendant morbidity and is one of the top ten causes of childhood death. It requires prompt investigation and management, however little is known about the safety and efficacy of acute thrombolytic therapies in childhood arterial ischaemic stroke. The authors report a case of a 13-year-old girl with an acute basilar thrombosis, successfully treated with intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator and discuss the management of paediatric arterial ischaemic stroke.

Keywords

Acute Disease Adolescent Diagnosis, Differential Female Fibrinolytic Agents Humans Infusions, Intravenous Magnetic Resonance Imaging Stroke Tissue Plasminogen Activator Tomography, X-Ray Computed Basilar Artery Madeira Island Portugal Região Autónoma da Madeira