Conditions and Services

A stroke occurs when the interruption of blood flow to the brain causes brain injury. The reason for this interruption is often very different in children than in adults. Because of this, it is important to find pediatric specialists who are experts in the potential underlying causes of your child’s stroke.

At the Stanford Medicine Children’s Health Pediatric Stroke Clinic, we specialize in diagnosing and treating conditions that include:

• Arterial dissection
• Arterial ischemic stroke
• Cerebral sinovenous thrombosis
• Connective tissue arteriopathies, including Ehlers-Danlos, Marfan, and Williams syndromes
• Genetic vascular diseases, including Fabry disease, Alagille syndrome and mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS)
• Neurocutaneous diseases, including Sturge-Weber and PHACE syndromes
• Hemorrhagic stroke
• Hypercoagulable states
• Moyamoya disease
• Neonatal/perinatal stroke
• Stroke in children with cardiac disease and ventricular assist devices
• Vasculitis

Find more information on strokes in children >