An Unusual Cause of Cerebral Infarction in a Tanzanian School Child. (November 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lodhia, Jay; Chipongo, Hilary; Sadiq, Adnan; Khelef, Khadija; Bosco, Kenan; Dekker, Marieke
• Is Part Of: Child neurology open. Volume 9(2022)
• Publication Date: 2022-11
• Subjects: middle cerebral artery -- pediatric -- stroke -- trauma -- Tanzania; Pediatric neurology -- Periodicals; 618.928005
• DOI: 10.1177/2329048X221139411
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2329-048X

Abstract

Pediatric stroke is uncommon. A traumatic cause of pediatric ischemic stroke is even rarer. Ischemic stroke due to intraluminal thrombus can be acutely treated with thrombolysis but various factors in sub-Saharan Africa make this unfeasible. We present a case of an eight-year-old Tanzanian boy who sustained penetrating trauma to his palate developing an ischemic stroke of his right middle cerebral artery territory.