Clinical and radiological characteristic and type of stroke in children admitted to Neurology ward of Ali Ebn Abi Taleb Hospital in Zahedan

Introduction: In recent years, stroke is one of the most common medical diagnoses among children. Due to the significant impact of the stroke in future of children, weconducted this study to evaluate epidemiology of this disease. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in Zahedan in ۲۰۱۵, ۴۲ children entered in this study with convenience sampling method. All patients were evaluated by Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and type of lesion was found. Results: ۲۷ (۶۴.۳%) people of the participants were male and ۱۵ (۳۵.۷%) cases were female. The average age of participants was ۴۹/۰۴±۵۱/۸ months. hemorrhagic stroke was the highest incidence and after that Arterial ischemic stroke, venous ischemic stroke, and venous hemorrhagic stroke were the most prevalent. Conclusion: In this study, the prevalence of stroke was no significant difference in both sexes and among different ages. As well as hemorrhagic stroke was most common.