Literature DB >> 2611886

Fatal stroke in migraine: a case report with autopsy findings.

C F Lindboe1, T Dahl, B Rostad.   

Abstract

A 50-year-old woman with migraine was admitted to hospital shortly after having abruptly developed hemiparesis. CT scan revealed infarction in the territory of the right middle cerebral artery. Death ensued after three days due to cerebral edema with herniation. Autopsy revealed no pathologic findings in the heart or in the extra- or intracranial arteries. It is suggested that the fatal stroke may have resulted from arterial spasm caused by ergotamine overdosage and possibly complicated by thrombosis.

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Year:  1989        PMID: 2611886     DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-2982.1989.0904277.x

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Cephalalgia        ISSN: 0333-1024            Impact factor:   6.292


  3 in total

1.  Refractory caffeine and ergot-induced cervico-cerebral vasospasm and stroke treated with combined medical and endovascular approach.

Authors:  Megan Miller; Avinash B Kumar; Charles R Callison
Journal:  Neuroradiology       Date:  2011-04-06       Impact factor: 2.804

Review 2.  The risk of stroke in patients with migraine and implications for migraine management.

Authors:  Gretchen E Tietjen
Journal:  CNS Drugs       Date:  2005       Impact factor: 5.749

3.  Fatal cerebellar infarction in a migraine sufferer whilst receiving sumatriptan.

Authors:  J E Jayamaha; M K Street
Journal:  Intensive Care Med       Date:  1995-01       Impact factor: 17.440

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