Stroke in the young: vascular causes
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Stroke in the young: vascular causes. CADASIL, COL4A1 mutations e.g. HANAC, Fabry disease. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Vasculopathies
- CADASIL
- COL4A1 mutations e.g. HANAC
- Fabry disease
- HERNS: TREX1 gene mutation
- Hypertensive encephalopathy
- Migraine with aura
- Mitochondrial disease
- Moyamoya disease
- Primary angiitis of the central nervous system (PACNS)
- Pulmonary arteriovenous (AV) fistula
- Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome (RCVS)
- Radiation vasculopathy
- Buerger disease: thromboangiitis obliterans (TAO)
Prothrombotic conditions
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Acronyms
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References
- Putaala J, Metso AJ, Metso TM, et al. Analysis of 1008 consecutive patients aged 15-49 with first-ever ischemic stroke: The Helsinki Young Stroke Registry. Stroke 2009; 40:1195-1203.
- Ferro JM, Massaro AR, Mas JL. Aetiological diagnosis of ischaemic stroke in young adults. Lancet Neurol 2010; 9:1085-1096.
- Larrue V, Berhoune N, Massabuau P, et al. Etiologic investigation of ischemic stroke in young adults. Neurology 2011; 76:1983-1988.
- Kaiser D, Leonhardt GK, Weiss N, Radosa CG, Linn J, Gerber JC, Puetz V. Pearls & Oy-sters: Primary cerebral Buerger disease: a rare differential diagnosis of stroke in young adults. Neurology 2021; 97:551-554.
