Ischemic cerebrovascular disease and hormone therapy for infertility and transsexualism

J Biller; J L Saver

doi:10.1212/wnl.45.8.1611

Ischemic cerebrovascular disease and hormone therapy for infertility and transsexualism

Neurology. 1995 Aug;45(8):1611-3. doi: 10.1212/wnl.45.8.1611.

Authors

J Biller¹, J L Saver

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, USA.

PMID: 7644062
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.45.8.1611

Abstract

To highlight an emerging risk factor for stroke in the young, we report two patients who experienced ischemic cerebrovascular symptoms in unusual clinical settings of hormone therapy. Expanding indications for estrogenic therapy, including infertility and gender identity disorders, may constitute an emerging risk factor for ischemic stroke in young individuals.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Brain Ischemia / diagnosis
Brain Ischemia / etiology*
Cerebral Angiography
Estrogens / adverse effects*
Estrogens / therapeutic use
Female
Humans
Infertility, Female / drug therapy*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Transsexualism / drug therapy*

Substances

Estrogens