All issues > Volume 51(12); 2008

Review Article

Korean J Pediatr. 2008;51(12):1282-1289. Published online December 15, 2008.

Pediatric cerebrovascular disease

Ji Hoon JH Phi¹, Kyu-Chang KC Wang¹, Byung-Kyu BK Cho¹, Seung-Ki SK Kim¹

¹Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Seoul National University Children`s Hospital Seoul, Korea

Correspondence Seung-Ki SK Kim ,Email: nsthomas@snu.ac.kr

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.

Keywords :Children, Cerebrovascular Disease, Moyamoya Disease, Arteriovenous Malformation, Cavernous Malformation, Aneurysm