Infant Stroke Associated With Left Atrial Thrombus and Supraventricular Tachycardia.

ADHD arterial ischemic stroke (AIS) developmental delay focal epilepsy hemiparesis intracardiac thrombi supraventricular tachycardia (SVT)

Journal

Child neurology open
ISSN: 2329-048X
Titre abrégé: Child Neurol Open
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101691975

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Historique:
received: 02 09 2020
revised: 23 12 2020
accepted: 12 01 2021
entrez: 1 3 2021
pubmed: 2 3 2021
medline: 2 3 2021
Statut: epublish

Résumé

We report a rare case of cardioembolic stroke in the setting of supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) in an infant. After a week of irritability, a 10-week-old male presented to the emergency department with SVT requiring treatment with adenosine. He developed right-sided hemiparesis and focal motor seizures. Imaging of the brain showed ischemic infarct in the left middle cerebral artery (MCA) territory. Echocardiogram showed a newly formed large left atrial intracardiac thrombus. A coagulopathy workup was negative. He was treated with beta-blocker and anticoagulation therapy. He had mild residual right hemiparesis. During childhood, he developed medically refractory focal epilepsy from the left hemisphere, requiring epilepsy surgery at age 10. A child presenting with sustained SVT can be at increased risk for intracardiac thrombi and stroke.

Identifiants

pubmed: 33644250
doi: 10.1177/2329048X21995296
pii: 10.1177_2329048X21995296
pmc: PMC7894682
doi:

Types de publication

Case Reports

Langues

eng

Pagination

2329048X21995296

Informations de copyright

© The Author(s) 2021.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The authors have no potential conflicts of interest regarding research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. Case reports are exempt from our institutional IRB. Consent was obtained from parents prior to publication.

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Auteurs

Rachel Pauley (R)

Department of Neurology, Division of Child Neurology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.

Elise L Mercier (EL)

Department of Pediatrics, Division of Child Neurology, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Ashutosh Kumar (A)

Department of Pediatrics, Division of Child Neurology, Penn State Health College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA.

William H Trescher (WH)

Department of Pediatrics, Division of Child Neurology, Penn State Health College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA.

Gayatra Mainali (G)

Department of Pediatrics, Division of Child Neurology, Penn State Health College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA.

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