1. Fibromuscular dysplasia as a cause of stroke in a 9-year-old girl.
- Author
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Yiş U, Men S, Cakmakçi H, Demircioğlu F, Kurul SH, Oren H, and Dirik E
- Subjects
- Angiography, Digital Subtraction, Cerebral Arteries diagnostic imaging, Child, Female, Humans, Hyperlipidemia, Familial Combined epidemiology, Magnetic Resonance Angiography, Risk Factors, Cerebral Arteries pathology, Fibromuscular Dysplasia complications, Stroke etiology
- Abstract
Fibromuscular dysplasia is a rare, idiopathic and nonatheromatous disease. It is rarely encountered as a cause of stroke in children. We report a nine-year-old girl with stroke in whom extensive fibromuscular dysplasia of intracranial vessels was established. She also had familial combined hyperlipidemia as an additional risk factor. This case suggests that additional risk factors like hyperlipidemia in cases with fibromuscular dystrophy may facilitate the occurrence of stroke at early ages.
- Published
- 2011