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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Neurol. 2013 Aug 12;49(4):237–242. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2013.04.009

Table 1.

Characteristics of Children with Stroke (N=15)

Characteristics ICH (n=7) Ischemic Stroke (n=4) Ischemic Stroke and ICH (n=1) CSVT (n=3) Total Strokes (n=15)
Median (Interquartile Range)
 Age (years) 12 (10–17) 6 (5–6.5) 13 9 (3–12) 10 (6–13)
 Cancer diagnosis to stroke (months) 7 (0–19) 21.5 (0–50.5) 0 1 (0–10) 5 (0–19)
Number (Percentage)
 Sex (males) 6 (85.7%) 1 (25%) 0 2 (66.7%) 9 (60%)
 Brain tumors 1 (14.3%) 3 (75%) 1 (100%) 0 5 (33.3%)
 Leukemia 5 (71.4%) 1 (25%) 0 2 (66.7%) 8 (53.3%)
 Lymphoma 1 (14.3%) 0 0 1 (33.3%) 2 (13.3%)
 Stroke on presentation 2 (28.6%) 2 (50%) 1 (100%) 1 (33.3%) 6 (40%)
 Stroke recurrence 0 1 (25 %) 1 (100%) 0 2 (13.3%)
 Died 7 (100%) 3 (75%) 1 (100%) 2 (66.7%) 13 (86.7%)
 Support withdrawn 4 (57.1%) 2 (50%) 0 2 (66.7%) 8 (53.3%)

Abbreviations:

ICH = intracerebral hemorrhage

CSVT = cerebral sinovenous thrombosis