Intracerebral hemorrhage associated with use of sildenafil: case report
Abstract
Intracerebral hemorrhage results from the degeneration of penetrating arterioles in the brain parenchyma.This report presents the case of a 47-year-old man who experienced a hemorrhagic stroke with a direct temporal relationship to sildenafil consumption.A computed tomography (CT) scan confirmed a cerebellar hemorrhage predominantly involving the vermis and the left hemisphere.Hemorrhage associated with sildenafil use is an extremely rare phenomenon.Its causative relationship can only be considered after ruling out more common etiologies, such as hypertension, cerebral amyloid angiopathy, or aneurysms.Moreover, sildenafil could only be classified as a causative agent if it was ingested within two hours prior to symptom onset.
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