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Ischemic Cerebral Infarction in an Infant Following Gonadotropin Treatment for Undescended Testes

Nihal Olgac Dundar, MD

Department of Child Neurology, Akdeniz University

Ozgur Duman, MD

Department of Child Neurology, Akdeniz University

Ayse Aralasmak, MD

Department of Radiology Faculty of Medicine, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey

Senay Haspolat, MD

Department of Child Neurology, Akdeniz University, shaspolat{at}akdeniz.edu.tr

Cerebrovascular disorders are increasingly recognized as important causes of mortality and morbidity in the pediatric population. Risk factors for stroke in childhood are different from those in adults. Human chorionic gonadotropin is a polypeptide hormone produced by the human placenta and is composed of an {alpha}-subunit and a β-subunit. Pregnyl (human chorionic gonadotropin for injection) is a highly purified pyrogen-free preparation obtained from the urine of pregnant females. Ischemic cerebral infarction is seen in the young infertile male and female patients after gonadotropin treatment. The authors describe the case of a boy with right-sided hemiparesis following Pregnyl injection and discuss its possible pathogenetic mechanisms.

Key Words: cerebral infarction • gonadotropin • undescended testes

Journal of Child Neurology, Vol. 23, No. 11, 1324-1327 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0883073808318057
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