Karande, S CKulthe, S GLahiri, K RJain, M K1996-07-012009-06-021996-07-012009-06-021996-07-01Karande SC, Kulthe SG, Lahiri KR, Jain MK. Embolic stroke in a child with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. Journal of Postgraduate Medicine. 1996 Jul-Sep; 42(3): 84-6http://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/115234An eleven year old boy presented with sudden onset right-sided hemiplegia and ipsilateral lower facial weakness. Two-dimensional echo revealed the diagnosis of idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy with multiple intracardiac clots. MRI scan of head showed infarctions in the area of caudate nuclei, putamen, brain stem and cerebellum. On anticoagulation therapy, all thrombi, except one, disappeared. The child died 2.5 months later due to resistant cardiac failure.engAnticoagulants --therapeutic useCardiomyopathy, Dilated --complicationsCerebral Infarction --diagnosisChildFatal OutcomeHumansIntracranial Embolism and Thrombosis --diagnosisMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleCase Reports