1. Intracranial fibromuscular dysplasia and stroke in children.
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Lemahieu SF and Marchau MM
- Subjects
- Carotid Artery, Internal diagnostic imaging, Cerebrovascular Disorders etiology, Child, Diagnosis, Differential, Female, Fibromuscular Dysplasia complications, Humans, Radiography, Arterial Occlusive Diseases diagnostic imaging, Carotid Artery Diseases diagnostic imaging, Cerebral Arterial Diseases diagnostic imaging, Fibromuscular Dysplasia diagnostic imaging
- Abstract
Fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) is an arterial lesion of unknown origin which may sometimes affect intracranial arteries. In recent years a few rare cases, mostly involving younger people, have been described. The present case concerns a child of 8 years in whom the finding of hemiplegia led to a diagnosis of intracranial fibrodysplasia which was proven by arteriography and biopsy. This arterial lesion is described within the context of stroke in children.
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- 1979
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