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Management of Pediatric Strokes With Alteplase (Tissue Plasminogen Activator)
Cureus
  • Jaime Alvarez, Boca Raton Regional Hospital
  • Jessica Seibert, Boca Raton Regional Hospital
  • Marc Swerdloff, Marcus Neuroscience Institute
Abstract

In the pediatric population, ischemic stroke is rare. Pediatric patients with acute ischemic stroke are eligible for intravenous thrombolysis and/or mechanical thrombectomy. However, due to the rare occurrence of strokes and national shortage of pediatric neurologists, timely diagnosis and appropriate treatment can be challenging. We report a case of a 16-year-old female who presented with an acute ischemic stroke to our adult comprehensive stroke program.

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8-11-2021
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© Copyright 2021 Filatov et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 4.0., which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Cureus (2021) 13(8)