Successful thrombectomy in a pediatric patient with large vessel occlusion and COVID-19 related multisystem inflammatory syndrome

Lisa M Pabst; Stephanie A Zyck; Patrick Youssef

doi:10.1177/15910199221080873

Successful thrombectomy in a pediatric patient with large vessel occlusion and COVID-19 related multisystem inflammatory syndrome

Interv Neuroradiol. 2023 Apr;29(2):214-216. doi: 10.1177/15910199221080873. Epub 2022 Feb 15.

Authors

Lisa M Pabst¹, Stephanie A Zyck², Patrick Youssef²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neurology, 2650Nationwide Children's Hospital, 700 Children's Drive, Columbus, OH 43205, USA.
² Department of Neurosurgery, 12306The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, 370W 9th Ave, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.

Abstract

This is a case report of a child with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) complicated by an acute ischemic stroke with right M1 occlusion and large penumbra who underwent thrombectomy with TICI 3 recanalization. There were no complications and the patient had improvement in the pediatric NIHSS from 16 to 3 in the subsequent days. This is the first known report of successful mechanical thrombectomy performed in a pediatric patient with MIS-C associated with COVID-19.

Keywords: COVID-19; MIS-c; Stroke; pediatric; thrombectomy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Brain Ischemia* / surgery
COVID-19* / complications
Child
Humans
Ischemic Stroke*
Retrospective Studies
Stroke* / surgery
Thrombectomy / methods
Treatment Outcome

Supplementary concepts

pediatric multisystem inflammatory disease, COVID-19 related