Basilar artery thrombosis during sexual intercourse.
J Clin Neurosci
; 74: 238-240, 2020 Apr.
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| ID: mdl-31982277
ABSTRACT
An ischemic stroke during sexual intercourse is very rare. A basilar artery thrombosis during sexual intercourse has not been described previously. We report a young woman with a life-threatening basilar artery thrombosis during sexual intercourse, with a resulting locked-in syndrome. The positive high intensity transient signals (HITS) diagnosis showed a right-to-left shunt and is in line with paradoxic embolism. The molecular genetics revealed a homozygosity 4G/4G in the region PAI1, -675 (promoter polymorphism) as a risk factor for ischemic stroke. Sexual intercourse is a possible, albeit unusual stroke cause, especially in young people.
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Trombose
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Artéria Basilar
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Coito
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Acidente Vascular Cerebral
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2020
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