Obstruçâo traumática da artéria cerebral média na infância / Traumatic occlusion of middle cerebral artery in infancy

A case of traumatic occlusion of the middle cerebral artery in a 12 years-old child is reporter. This complication has been rarely observed, since cerebral angiography was substituted by computed tomography in patients with head injury in emergency rooms. The mechanisms involved in the physiopathology of this complication and its treatment are discussed