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Table 8 Etiology of hemorrhagic stroke in both groups

From: Pediatric vs. adult stroke: comparative study in a tertiary referral hospital, Cairo, Egypt

Cerebral hemorrhage

Children 19 Patients 

Adult 27 Patients 

p

Hypertension

0

17 (62.9)

0.001*

Cerebral amyloid angiopathy

0

2 (7.2%)

0.225

Vascular malformation

11 (57.8%)

2 (7.2%)

0.001*

Aneurysm

5 (26.3%)

5 (18.5%)

0.528

Hematological disease (HLA)

1 (5.2%)

0

0.228

Vasculitis (JRA)

1 (5.2%)

0

0.228

Cryptogenic

1 (5.2%)

6 (22.2%)

0.115

  1. By Chi square test and Fisher exact test, *p value was significant