Basilar Artery Occlusion in an Adolescent Girl: A Risk of Oral Contraceptives?

An 18-year-old adolescent girl died of an extensive pontine infarction. At postmortem examination she was found to have a thrombosis of the basilar and intracranial vertebral arteries with associated focal hyperplasia of the intima. Her ovaries were grossly small and inactive, with absent corpora lu...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of child neurology 1986-10, Vol.1 (4), p.347-350
Hauptverfasser:	Biller, José, Haberland, Catherine, Toffol, Gilbert J., O'Reilly, Daniel, Tentler, Robert L.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Basilar Artery Cerebral Infarction - chemically induced Contraceptives, Oral - adverse effects Female Humans Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis - chemically induced Pons - blood supply Vertebral Artery
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Zusammenfassung:	An 18-year-old adolescent girl died of an extensive pontine infarction. At postmortem examination she was found to have a thrombosis of the basilar and intracranial vertebral arteries with associated focal hyperplasia of the intima. Her ovaries were grossly small and inactive, with absent corpora lutea. Based on these findings, we suspect she was taking oral contraceptives. In cases of unexplained fatal strokes in young females, careful pathologic examination of the ovaries may provide etiological clues. (J Child Neurol 1986;1:347-350)
ISSN:	0883-0738 1708-8283
DOI:	10.1177/088307388600100405