Ischemic strokes and oral contraception.
The authors describe the epidemiology and the physiopathological aspects of ischemic strokes in patients with a history of oestroprogestogen use. They then study their main radiological correlates: arterial infarcts at CT scan and angiographic non-specific lesions which can be included in the extremely wide framework of arteritis and, much more rarely, venous thrombophlebitis.
D001167:Arteritis / Q000139:chemically induced; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000139:chemically induced*; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000139:chemically induced; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000139:chemically induced*; D003278:Contraceptives, Oral, Hormonal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002542:Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / Q000139:chemically induced; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000139:chemically induced; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D003278:Contraceptives, Oral, Hormonal