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A case of symmetric retrograde thromboembolic cerebral infarction in an 8-year-old child due to arterial thoracic outlet syndrome

Authors: Jolanta Strzelecka, Tymon Skadorwa, Milena Franckiewicz, Sergiusz Jóźwiak

Published in: Child's Nervous System | Issue 12/2018

Abstract

Arterial type of thoracic outlet syndrome belongs to the most unusual mechanisms of stroke in children in the first decade of life. We present a case diagnosed for bilateral and symmetric changes due to retrograde thromboembolic phenomenon. Regarding the age of the patient, the appropriate diagnostics and management are still a matter of debate in pediatric and neurological literature.

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Title: A case of symmetric retrograde thromboembolic cerebral infarction in an 8-year-old child due to arterial thoracic outlet syndrome
Authors: Jolanta Strzelecka
Tymon Skadorwa
Milena Franckiewicz
Sergiusz Jóźwiak
Publication date: 01-12-2018
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Child's Nervous System / Issue 12/2018
Print ISSN: 0256-7040
Electronic ISSN: 1433-0350
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-018-3911-x

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