Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery
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Case Reports
Posttraumatic infarction in the territory supplied by the lateral lenticulostriate artery after minor head injury.
Occlusion of the intracranial arteries due to blunt head traumas has been less frequently observed in patients with minor head injuries. ⋯ Children with minor head trauma who have normal findings on initial CT scan may rarely have basal ganglionic infarction resulting from arterial spasm or thromboembolism of the perforating arteries. Hospital admission and careful observation should be considered for patients with minor head injury and persistent neurologic deficits despite normal CT findings. Magnetic resonance study is valuable for the evaluation of posttraumatic infarction, differentiating from hemorrhagic diffuse axonal injuries.