Hemorrhagic stroke after naphazoline exposition: case report.
Arq Neuropsiquiatr
; 62(3B): 889-91, 2004 Sep.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-15476091
Ten percent of all strokes are due to spontaneous cerebral hemorrhages. They are associated to drugs (licit and illicit) in 9.5% of all cases in young adults. This is a case report of a 44-year-old man, without previous morbidities, who presented a sudden onset headache and arterial hypertension 24 hours after use of naphazoline as nasal decongestant. Cranial tomography showed right thalamus hemorrhage. Cerebral angiography showed no aneurisms, vascular malformations or vasculitis. No other risk factors were found during investigation in this patient and the stroke was attributed to naphazoline exposition.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Descongestionantes Nasais
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Hemorragia Cerebral
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Acidente Vascular Cerebral
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Nafazolina
Tipo de estudo:
Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Arq Neuropsiquiatr
Ano de publicação:
2004
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
País de publicação:
Alemanha