Occlusion of the middle cerebral artery after induction of ovulation with gonadotropins

Neau, J.P.; Maréchaud, M.; Guitton, P.; Pourrat, O.; Gil, R.; Lefevre, J.P.

Revue Neurologique (Paris) 145(12): 859-861

1989


ISSN/ISBN: 0035-3787
PMID: 2616970
Document Number: 332566
A case of occlusion of the middle cerebral artery during a treatment with gonadotropin is reported. Such cases are unusual when one considers that these treatments are widely used. They occur after a marked ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome. Treatment is purely preventive with clinical, laboratory and ultrasonic examinations before injection of .beta.-HCG.

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