Brain hemorrhage in mixed connective tissue disease. A case report.
Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) uncommonly develops stroke, although collagen disease is an important condition for stroke. A nonhypertensive woman with MCTD developed massive putaminal hemorrhage. No obvious predisposing factors were revealed by clinical and pathologic examination. MCTD may contribute to the development of brain hemorrhage by some mechanism other than hypertension.
Department of Internal Medicine, Kitakyushu City Wakamatsu Hospital, Japan.
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Toyoda
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Sadoshima
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Horimoto
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Fujishima
D002539:Cerebral Arterial Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008947:Mixed Connective Tissue Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous