Assesment of the etiology of the young patients with ischemic cerebrovasculer disease by the radiology findings

Stroke is one of the most important cause of mortality and morbidity all over the world. Ischemic stroke is a serious disease of the youngs whether it has seen rarely. 4-10% of all the strokes are seen in youngs. Researches of the causes of the strokes of youngs are point of view of the recent researches because of the length of the life duration and the cost of care of these patients. Novel imaging technologies are steering not only the diagnosis but also the therapeutical concepts. Though we aimed to evaluate the etiology of stroke in youngs.We evaluated the patients admitted to Gaziantep University Medical School, Radiology Department among 2003-2009.36 of 71 of the patients were male (50.7%) and were 35 of the patient female (49.3%). We divided them into 3 groups according to their age distribution ( Group I (15-25 years of age, 15 patients), group II (25-45 years of age, 37 patients), and group III(40-45years of age, 19 patients)). We also divided them into 5 groups according to the TOAST criteria ( Group I (atherosclerosis of the large arteries, 15 patişents), group II ( small vessel disease, 11 patients), group III ( cardiac thtomboemboli, 10 patients), group IV ( other diagnosed etiologies, 31 patients) and group V (miscallenous, 5 patients). Group IV is the largest group, followed by group I in our study.Etiology of the stroke of the youngs are different compared to the elderly and is still being evaluated. Though specific diagnostic methods are important for the stroke of the youngs.Keywords: Young ischemic stroke, TOAST classification, Imaging findings