A rare cause of recurrent stroke in childhood: left atrial rhabdomyosarcoma
Articles > Article · 2011
Authors: GÜL AKTAN, Sanem KESKİN YILMAZ, Zülal ÜLGER TUTAR, Şule GÖKÇE, Hasan TEKGÜL, SARENUR GÖKBEN
ACTA PAEDIATRICA, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 2011, vol 100
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2011.02214.x
Summary
We present a case of recurrent stroke secondary to cardiac rhabdomyosarcoma. The detected prothrombotic mutations at the first attack had seemed to be the main cause, but the echocardiography performed at the recurrence revealed the actual underlying cause of stroke.