Lacunar Infarction with Oral Contraceptives: An Unusual Case Report
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Combined oral contraceptives are one of the risk factor for stroke in women. We report a case of an arterial ischemic stroke due to lacunar infarction in a 35-year-old previously healthy female patient induced after 3 years on Sukhi an oral contraceptive after two times artificial abortions. A brain MRI finding was suggestive of lacunar infarction. Her symptoms improved after stopping the oral contraceptive and putting her on I.V heparin therapy.
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PMID: 24672184 PMC: 3952403. DOI: 10.4103/0976-7800.118989.
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