Bilateral middle cerebral artery thromboembolic occlusion. Could maternal hyperthermia be a detrimental factor?

Alberto Spalice, Francesca Del Balzo, Laura Papetti, Francesco Nicita, Fabiana Ursitti, Guglielmo Salvatori, Paola Iannetti

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We describe a six-month-old girl with microcephaly, developmental delay, truncal hypotonia, left pyramidal signs, partial seizures and myoclonic spasms, born to a feverish mother. MRI showed bilateral vascular lesions in the territory of the middle cerebral arteries, prevalent in the right hemisphere, together with hypoplasia of the posterior part of the corpus callosum and Wallerian degeneration of the cerebral peduncle. There may be many reasons for these lesions. In the reported patient the presence of maternal hyperthermia could have exacerbated cerebral thromboembolic occlusion.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)250-252
Number of pages3
JournalMedical Hypotheses
Volume77
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2011

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Middle Cerebral Artery Infarction
Fever
Mothers
Wallerian Degeneration
Microcephaly
Muscle Hypotonia
Corpus Callosum
Middle Cerebral Artery
Spasm
Blood Vessels
Seizures
Cerebral Peduncle

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Bilateral middle cerebral artery thromboembolic occlusion. Could maternal hyperthermia be a detrimental factor? / Spalice, Alberto; Del Balzo, Francesca; Papetti, Laura; Nicita, Francesco; Ursitti, Fabiana; Salvatori, Guglielmo; Iannetti, Paola.

In: Medical Hypotheses, Vol. 77, No. 2, 08.2011, p. 250-252.

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Spalice, A, Del Balzo, F, Papetti, L, Nicita, F, Ursitti, F, Salvatori, G & Iannetti, P 2011, 'Bilateral middle cerebral artery thromboembolic occlusion. Could maternal hyperthermia be a detrimental factor?', Medical Hypotheses, vol. 77, no. 2, pp. 250-252. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mehy.2011.04.023
Spalice A, Del Balzo F, Papetti L, Nicita F, Ursitti F, Salvatori G et al. Bilateral middle cerebral artery thromboembolic occlusion. Could maternal hyperthermia be a detrimental factor? Medical Hypotheses. 2011 Aug;77(2):250-252. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mehy.2011.04.023
Spalice, Alberto ; Del Balzo, Francesca ; Papetti, Laura ; Nicita, Francesco ; Ursitti, Fabiana ; Salvatori, Guglielmo ; Iannetti, Paola. / Bilateral middle cerebral artery thromboembolic occlusion. Could maternal hyperthermia be a detrimental factor?. In: Medical Hypotheses. 2011 ; Vol. 77, No. 2. pp. 250-252.
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