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Imaging showed an acute ischemic stroke due to a right middle cerebral artery occlusion. She was treated with intravenous tissue plasminogen activator at 1.3 h and mechanical thrombectomy at 2.4 h with successful recanalization. Review of her neck computed tomography angiogram suggested a right subclavian artery aneurysm, and upper-extremity imaging also demonstrated distal thrombosis and fusion of right first and second ribs, which was consistent with thoracic outlet syndrome. Three days later, she underwent a right subclavian artery aneurysm repair, right brachial and ulnar artery thrombectomy, and first rib resection. Three months later, she demonstrated good neurologic recovery. TOS is an uncommon cause of stroke in children, which may be heralded by upper-extremity symptoms. Interventionalists should be aware of the possibility of vascular anomalies in children; however, this finding does not exclude the possibility of acute stroke intervention.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/children9060875","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,6,12]],"date-time":"2022-06-12T09:26:48Z","timestamp":1655026008000},"page":"875","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Pediatric Stroke due to Thoracic Outlet Syndrome Treated with Thrombolysis and Thrombectomy: A Case Report"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"9","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2640-396X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Dhanalakshmi","family":"Angappan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatric Neurology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"McKinnon","family":"Garrett","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatric Neurology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Candice","family":"Henry","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Radiology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Art","family":"Riddle","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatric Neurology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6677-869X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jenny L.","family":"Wilson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatric Neurology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,6,12]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"495","DOI":"10.1542\/peds.2006-2791","article-title":"Risk of recurrent childhood arterial ischemic stroke in a population-based cohort: The importance of cerebrovascular imaging","volume":"119","author":"Fullerton","year":"2007","journal-title":"Pediatrics"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"463","DOI":"10.1177\/0883073818767039","article-title":"Pediatric Stroke Rates Over 17 Years: Report from a Population-Based Study","volume":"33","author":"Lehman","year":"2018","journal-title":"J. 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