Clinical features and etiology of cerebral infarction in children / 中国小儿急救医学

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Objective To summarize the clinical features and etiology of cerebral infarction in children.Methods The clinical data of 47 children with cerebral infarction who were hospitalized in Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University from Jan 2009 to Jul 2011 were analyzed retrospectively.Results There were 30 boys and 17 girls in all the 47 children.The median age of onset was 3.1 years(ranged from 2 months to 11 years old).Among 47 cases,the common neurological manifestations included limb paralysis in 32 cases(68.1％ ),central facial paralysis in 15 cases(31.9％ ),convulsion in 12 cases(25.5％ ),disturbance of consciousness in 10 cases(21.3％ ),and language disorders in 10 cases(21.3％ ).Among 47 cases,31 cases had basal ganglia infarction with neuronal imaging( CT or MRI),of whom 4 cases accompanied with other location infarction.Several lobes of infarction in 5 cases,hemispheric infarction in 3 cases,parietal infarction in 2 cases,frontal lobe infarction in 2 cases,temporal lobe infarction in 2 cases,and thalamic infarction in 2 cases.Nineteen cases were carried out blood vessel imageology examination,11 cases showed abnormality,the most common affected cerebral blood vessel were middle cerebral artery(5 cases).The common causes of 47 cases were trauma ( 19 cases,40.4％ ),infection( 12 cases,25.5％ ) and moyamoya disease (5 cases,10.6％ ).Ten children (21.3％) had no identifiable cause.Conclusion The common period of cerebral infarction is in infancy.The most frequent neurological symptom is hemiplegia.The most common region of infarction is in basal ganglia with neuronal imaging.The common causes of cerebral infarction are trauma,infection and moyamoya disease.