Acute stroke in a young healthy woman with hormonal contraception: Direct percutaneous thrombectomy with stent-retriever followed by full neurologic recovery

Abstract

Healthy 46 years old woman with hormonal contraception suffered from severe acute hemispheral stroke caused by occlusion of medial cerebral artery. Percutaneous intervention using Solitaire(R) stent-retriever was started within 30 min of arrival.

Complete thrombectomy was followed by full recovery of neurological deficit within several hours. Neither thrombolysis nor general anesthesia was used.

Keywords

• Acute ischemic stroke
• Medial cerebral artery
• Direct thrombectomy
• Stent-retriever
• Complications of hormonal contraception