Cerebellar infarction from fibromuscular dysplasia and dissecting aneurysm of the vertebral artery. Report of a child

Stroke. 1988 Apr;19(4):521-4. doi: 10.1161/01.str.19.4.521.

Abstract

Infarction in the vertebrobasilar system presenting as a posterior fossa mass lesion is extremely rare in children. We recently studied and treated a 9-year-old boy with cerebellar infarct produced by angiographically confirmed Type I fibromuscular dysplasia of the vertebral artery, complicated by a dissecting aneurysm. This case appears to be the first reported in the literature.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aortic Dissection / complications*
  • Aortic Dissection / diagnostic imaging
  • Arterial Occlusive Diseases / complications*
  • Cerebellar Diseases / etiology*
  • Cerebral Angiography
  • Cerebral Infarction / etiology*
  • Child
  • Fibromuscular Dysplasia / complications*
  • Fibromuscular Dysplasia / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / complications*
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
  • Male
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Vertebral Artery*