Ictus en el adulto joven

Abstract

Cerebrovascular disease is an affectation of the central nervous system that includes the arterial and venous circulatory system, with a sudden and sudden clinical setting, which may be this hemorrhage or Ischemic, the latter may be in older adults of atherothrombotic type and in Young adults of cardioembolic type. Stroke in the young adult is an emerging pathology given its infrequency and its correct diagnostic algorithm is not yet specified. The study of the present case is a 32-year-old patient without comorbidities who suffers sudden loss of consciousness without apparent cause, reason for which he is admitted to the emergency service where tests are performed determining the diagnosis of ischemic stroke, this pathology being uncommon in this age group, the cause is investigated, with the support of the Cardiology service and supported by echocardiography, it shows the cardiac malformation compatible with the Foramen Oval Permeable ( a short circuit from right to left). The management was performed with anticoagulation, reducing the recurrence of new ischemic stroke. Conclusion: Ischemic stroke in the young adult is a rare pathology whose diagnosis requires a high index of suspicion of it to start proper treatment and achieve to favorable recovery of the patient.