MINERALISING ANGIOPATHY IN YOUNG CHILDREN: AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY.

Abstract

Background: Angiopathy is the disease of the arteries, veins, and capillaries. Two types of angiopathies namely microangiopathy and macroangiopathy are reported in literature. Mineralizing angiopathy (MA), which has a fair prognosis and is one of the primary culprits of stroke affecting the basal ganglia in infants and young children after a slight fall. Mineralizing angiopathy may be the unidentified aetiology of paediatric stroke. Further research is required to understand the mechanisms driving mineralizing angiopathy and the long-term outlook for such patients. The objective of the study was to study the prevalence of Mineralizing Angiopathy in young children and to study the association perinatal infections with Mineralizing Angiopathy.