Abstract
Ischemic cerebrovascular symptoms occuring in patients with essential thrombocythaemia are usually attributed to platelet or platelet-fibrin emboli. A patient is described in whom transient ischemic attacks (TIA) had some features - namely the presence of headache and the progressive onset of symptoms - unusual for an embolic phenomenon but suggestive of a migrainous event. No further attack occured when the patient was treated by an antiplatelet drug ticlopidine, though platelet count was unchanged. The relationship between platelets, TIA and migraine are discussed.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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English Abstract
MeSH terms
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Blood Platelets / drug effects
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Humans
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Ischemic Attack, Transient / blood
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Ischemic Attack, Transient / drug therapy
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Ischemic Attack, Transient / etiology*
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Migraine Disorders / blood
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Migraine Disorders / drug therapy
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Migraine Disorders / etiology*
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Platelet Aggregation / drug effects*
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Pyridines / pharmacology
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Pyridines / therapeutic use*
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Thiophenes / pharmacology
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Thiophenes / therapeutic use*
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Thrombocytosis / blood
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Thrombocytosis / complications*
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Ticlopidine
Substances
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Pyridines
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Thiophenes
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Ticlopidine