Intracranial hemorrhages due to phenylpropanolamine.
- 1 May 1985
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Stroke
- Vol. 16 (3) , 510-512
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.str.16.3.510
Abstract
We describe 2 patients with intracranial hemorrhage after ingestion of diet pills containing phenylpropanolamine (PPA) in combination with caffeine. The first patient had bilateral simultaneous intracerebral hemorrhages, and the second had a subarachnoid hemorrhage. PPA is widely used most often without prescription and causes intracranial hemorrhage more often than has been realized. The mechanism may be induction of a transient hypertensive crisis.Keywords
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