Unusual Causes of Stroke - Hypercoagulable States and their work-up
Unusual Causes of Stroke - Hypercoagulable States and their work-up
Unusual Causes of Stroke - Hypercoagulable States and their work-up
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Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome:<br />
Described CNS Complications<br />
• <strong>Stroke</strong><br />
• Transient ischemic attack<br />
• Amaurosis fugax<br />
• Cerebral venous sinus<br />
thrombosis<br />
• Ocular ischemia<br />
• Acute ischemic<br />
encephalopathy<br />
• Multi-infarct dementia<br />
– May involve micro-infarcts<br />
• Seizures<br />
• Cognitive impairment<br />
• Optic atrophy<br />
• Transverse myelopathy<br />
– Esp. sp. wwith t SSLE<br />
• Multiple-sclerosis-like<br />
disease<br />
• Ch Chorea<br />
• Migraine<br />
• Psychiatric y<br />
disturbances
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