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Cerebral Hemorrhagic Infarction Associated with Anabolic Steroid Therapy for Hypoplastic Anemia

Department of Medicine, Neurology, Yamanashi Medical University, Yamanashi, Japan

Shinich Tsunoda

Department of Medicine, Neurology, Yamanashi Medical University, Yamanashi, Japan

Akitaka Noda

Department of Medicine, Sizuoka Saiseikai Hospital, Sizuoka, Japan

Masaru Saito

Department of Medicine, Sizuoka Saiseikai Hospital, Sizuoka, Japan

Hideo Yamada

First Department of Medicine, Hematology, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

A twenty-two-year-old student with hypoplastic anemia was treated with large doses of anabolic steroid hormone preparations for two months. Cerebral hemorrhagic infarction shown by CAT scan developed when his hematologic conditions were improving. In treating hypoplastic anemia with anabolic steroid hormone preparations, one should be aware of the possible development of ce rebral hemorrhagic infarction at the time of hematologic improvement.

Angiology, Vol. 37, No. 10, 725-730 (1986)
DOI: 10.1177/000331978603701005


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