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Journal of Tropical Pediatrics Advance Access originally published online on February 10, 2009
Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 2009 55(4):272-275; doi:10.1093/tropej/fmn115
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© The Author [2009]. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Case Report

Mycoplasma pneumoniae—Associated Cerebral Infarction in a Child

Chun-Yi Leea,b, Yuan-Yuan Huangc, Fang-Liang Huangc, Fang-Ching Liud and Po-Yen Chenc

aSection of Pediatrics, Chia-Yi Veterans Hospital, Taiwan
bInstitute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan
cDepartment of Pediatrics, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
dDepartment of Pediatrics, Jen Ai Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Correspondence: Po-Yen Chen, No. 160, Sec. 3, Chung-Kang Road, Taichung, Taiwan 40705, Republic of China. Fax: +886 4 23509040; E-mail <pychen{at}vghtc.gov.tw>.


  Abstract

The central nervous system's involvement is the most common reported extra-pulmonary manifestations of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection, and stroke was one of the most special situations. We presented a 4-year-old child who presented with acute stroke on the third day of the onset of Mycoplasma respiratory tract infection. Brain magnetic resonance angiography demonstrated that occlusion of bilateral internal carotid arteries and vertebral arteries above the level of the first cervical vertebrate which is not been reported previously.


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