Korean J Pediatr.  2008 Dec;51(12):1282-1289. 10.3345/kjp.2008.51.12.1282.

Pediatric cerebrovascular disease

• Phi JH
• Wang KC
• Cho BK
• Kim SK

• KMID: 1494516
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3345/kjp.2008.51.12.1282

Abstract

Recently, accumulated clinical experience and advanced neuroradiological techniques have led to a better understanding of pediatric cerebrovascular disease (CVD), which was once considered rare. Approximately 10% of pediatric neurosurgical patients have CVD; therefore, it is no longer uncommon to pediatricians and pediatric neurosurgeons. Furthermore, children with CVD tend to recover better than adults after stroke because the immature brain is more plastic than the mature one. Therefore, active treatment often proves more rewarding in pediatric medicine than in adult medicine.

Keyword

Children; Cerebrovascular Disease; Moyamoya Disease; Arteriovenous Malformation; Cavernous Malformation; Aneurysm

MeSH Terms

Adult
Aneurysm
Arteriovenous Malformations
Brain
Child
Humans
Moyamoya Disease
Plastics
Reward
Stroke
Plastics