Successful Systemic Thrombolysis in an Adolescent With Acute Ischemic Stroke  

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Viaro, Federica ; Manara, Renzo ; Farina, Filippo ; Palmieri, Anna ; Rocca, Foscarina D. ; Ballotta, Enzo ; Baracchini, Claudio

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: The Neurologist vol. 20 no. 03 (Sep. 2015), page 48-50.
Topik: Acute Stroke; Ultrasound; Thrombolytic Therapy; Children Adolescents

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Introduction: Current treatment guidelines for acute ischemic stroke do not recommend thrombolytic therapy in children and adolescents as data are still very scarce. Case Report: We report the case of a 15-year-old boy who suddenly developed severe left-sided weakness and speech difficulty while stooling. Upon arrival at our Emergency Department, the National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score was 18. Urgent neurovascular ultrasound showed a distal occlusion of the right internal carotid artery and occlusion at the origin of the middle cerebral artery (MCA) and the anterior cerebral artery. He was treated 2 hours after symptom onset with intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator without any complication. At the end of thrombolysis, a complete recanalization was shown by transcranial Doppler sonography, although a brain magnetic resonance imaging disclosed an acute right middle cerebral artery stroke. At discharge, the boy had mild weakness on his left leg and slight left facial palsy: the NIHSS score was 2. To our knowledge, this is the first intravenous thrombolytic treatment ever reported in an adolescent in Italy. Conclusions: Despite the lack of evidence regarding the safety and the efficacy of recombinant tissue plasminogen activator in pediatric stroke, this treatment option should be considered, especially in adolescents presenting within 3 hours from symptom onset in centers with consolidated experience in adult thrombolysis.

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