Open AccessIschemic Stroke Followed by Acute Thrombocytopenia
Author(s) -
Carolyn E. Adams,
Allen Dhirendra,
Paul R. J. Ames
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
clinical and applied thrombosis/hemostasis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.643
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1938-2723
pISSN - 1076-0296
DOI - 10.1177/1076029609343707
Subject(s) - sumatriptan , medicine , dipyridamole , stroke (engine) , ingestion , ischemic stroke , anesthesia , cardiology , ischemia , engineering , receptor , mechanical engineering , agonist
A 23-year-old woman developed ischemic stroke (IS) 8 to 12 hours after ingestion of sumatriptan (ST) and then developed mucosal bleeding secondary to acute thrombocytopenia likely due to dipyridamole (DP) on the 10th day poststroke. Sumatriptan-associated IS and DP-induced thrombocytopenia are rare events in themselves and their sequential occurrence in the same patient is quite exceptional. We compare our case to other similar cases in the literature.
Accelerating Research
Robert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford Science Park, Oxford
OX4 4GP, United Kingdom
Address
John Eccles HouseRobert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford Science Park, Oxford
OX4 4GP, United Kingdom