Epilepsy in children with delayed presentation of perinatal stroke.

A subgroup of children with perinatal stroke do not present clinically until after the perinatal period. Detailed epilepsy outcomes in these children have not been well studied. A retrospective cohort study of 45 children with delayed presentation of perinatal stroke identified by review of pediatric stroke clinic records, physician referral, and International Classification of Diseases, Ninth edition, code searches of hospital records, was performed at a tertiary pediatric hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Neonatal arterial ischemic stroke and sinovenous thrombosis associated with meningitis.

This series describes 5 neonates with meningitis associated with arterial ischemic stroke or cerebral sinovenous thrombosis identified from a tertiary children's hospital perinatal stroke database. A retrospective chart review was performed to collect data on clinical presentations, type of meningitis, radiographic and electroencephalographic findings, neonatal intensive care unit course and complications, additional risk factors associated with stroke, and outcomes. The proportion of arterial ischemic stroke and sinovenous thrombosis in the database associated with meningitis was calculated.

Cerebral sinovenous thrombosis in the neonate.

Background: There are few studies on neonatal cerebral sinovenous thrombosis (SVT).

Objectives: To describe the presentations, treatments, and outcomes of neonatal SVT and to assess infarction as a predictor of outcome.

Design: Retrospective chart study.