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01-09-2017 | Letter to the Editor
Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome and antivitamin K anticoagulation: challenges of an unusual association
Authors:
Amina Nasri, Malek Mansour, Amel Kacem, Jamel Zaouali, Ridha Mrissa
Published in:
Neurological Sciences
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Issue 9/2017
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Excerpt
Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome (RCVS) is one of the most common causes of thunderclap headache (TCH) [
1]. We report on the case of an unusual occurrence of RCVS in a patient taking oral antivitamin K anticoagulants (AVK) and discuss the possible underlying physiopathology, the challenging differential diagnosis, and the therapeutic aspects of such an association. …